Could this be the new face of childcare? Well today, of course, it wouldn’t be legal to leave your offspring in the hands of an electronic assistant but PaPeRo (Partner-type Personal Robot) is unlike anything seen so far in robot development, and being increasingly task tested in childcare activities.
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A prototype robot is ready to show off its ability to replicate its own parts at this week’s Cheltenham Science Festival. The machine, called RepRap, prints 3D objects but rather than put ink on paper it lays down molten plastic which, after building up many layers creates three-dimensional objects.