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Adam Scott

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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The Robot Child - The Robotic Child

Japanese scientists have created a child robot called pediaroid to fight the dentist. It can move its arms, legs and eyes to mimic several human emotions. Its movements include sneezing, coughin, vomiting, writhing, flapping and convulsing. That little bastard kicked my glasses off, said one dentist who dared to step in the ring with pedearoid. There's nothing creepy about this, said the developer. Once you, the human dentist, can conquer pediaroid, the robot child patient, then you are ready for hand to mouth combat with a human child.

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