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How AI enhances human life today

Mon, 02/25/2008 - 15:59 - NLN

Self-steering vacuum cleaners. Self-parking cars. Dolls responding to voice commands. We may not be living in the world of "The Jetsons," but robots are definitely becoming a part of ordinary life.
The company iRobot reports that more than 2.5 million of its home robotic products -- Roomba vacuums, Scooba floor washers, Verro swimming pool scrubbers, Looj gutter cleaners and ConnectR "Virtual Visiting Robots" -- have been sold.

This year's Toy Fair introduced an animatronic "Elmo Live" that can act out stories. And Playskool's Kota the Triceratops, a $300 life-size baby dinosaur for preschoolers, reacts to touch by moving its head, tail and horns, and gives "a friendly dino roar" when spoken to.

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