Trends in Robotics
Company rents out robot as temp worker
added Thu Nov 23 08:54 2006 ET from MSNBC
It can greet people, show DVDs and hand out balloons. "Ubiko," a robot-on-wheels with a catlike face, is joining the crew of temporary workers supplied by a Japanese job-referral company to stores, events and even weddings.
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