Los Angeles, CA: The reliance on electricity has put walking robotsfinancially out of reach of consumers. Electricity is the Achilles heel oflife-size powered robots. It has handicapped what would otherwise berobots that could benefit humanity.The Honda Asimo walking robot, as an example of the out-of-reachdrawback of electricity-powered robots, cost $1 million to build but canonly walk for 30 minutes on a battery charge. Moreover, it wouldn’t beanybody’s first thought who might have a spare million dollars layingaround, of spending the money on a Honda Asimo. Especially, when itonly walks for 30 minutes.
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