While the world awaits Apple’s latest I gadget, Google has revealed that the robot it purchased from a Japanese firm is going to be commercially marketed. Isaac Asimov would approve.
The robot called “SHAFT,” was developed with DARPA to rescue people from disasters. In order to give people the shaft, the robot is being pulled from military development so it can become the firm’s first commercial robot.
The robot can walk, climb, use tools and even drive a car.
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