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Linux-powered Robots From France? Oui!
An anonymous reader writes "A French start-up created to build autonomous, easily programmable, affordable humanoid robots expects to ship its first product — a humanoid household service robot running Linux — in early 2007. The walking, talking, WiFi-enabled Nao household robot will stand 21.6 inches tall, and will feature 23 "degrees of freedom" of motion — three more than the 14-inch tall Choromet android announced earlier this week by four Japanese companies. Nao's extra degrees of freedom appear to come in the form of gripping hands."
Hello Mods, this Frenchie-joke is actually the only funny one on, right now. If you don't understand it, google for "World Cup", "Zidane" and "Head-butt", you'll see...
Because we are slashdot users. We have nothing better to do.
I know it is an attempt at a joke but it is getting very old.
In WWII the Americans had 11,200 civilian casualties, the French had 267,000. In total the Americans had 407,300 military casualties from a population of 132 million, the French had 212,000 from a population of 41.7 million.
Don't forget bashing America for being brutal when we show up to save their asses yet again.