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The use of robots on city streets is regulated in Japan, and probably wisely so. But developers would like a regulation-free zone to allow robots to mingle with a human population. "You can build a robot that can do wonderful things in the lab but is useless on the street," said Shin Furukawa, director of corporate planning at Tmsuk. "Once you know their limits, you can find ways to overcome them." What sort of lessons would developers learn? Well, this: "Kids kick robots," he said. "We have to make the bottom part of their structure a lot stronger."CRLF

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