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>> joanne, are you worried -- i guess they are women, artificial maybe, may replace you in the future. >> i think they will replace all jobs, and it will just be female robots. we thought the stripper was the one job that would be safe, but it is not. however, if we are gonna do this, we need to do this right. we need to represent real women. i didn't see cell -- cell you loit or stretchmarks. if barbie can't have her day, she can't either. >> are you the one with "sex and the city" you never took a barbie? >> you know. kim catrell looked good for 45. >> now she is 80. should we be focusing on...
Should we be focusing on making robots that help us? not simply at this titilate us or please us. >> how does the art go? this guy is an artist. it seemed more like science. the finger technology is incredible. >> it is like a bad dream. >> it is a great dream. >> i have to say my favorite movie is west world. i have been waiting -- i wanted to live in the period where west world came true. the idea of going to a saloon and all of these hot saloon ladies as you call them and then i like to hang out with dick van patton, a former "red eye" guest. is he alive? >> i think, but if not rip. >> we t...
Researchers at stanford university combined mother nature and a mother board to build this climbing machine. >> draw a lot of inspiration of the robot and the adhesive directly from how geckos climb. >> reporter: the feet are equipped with rubber pads made up of microscopic hairs, much like a gecko. each leg ipowered by four mini motors and even the tail serves a purpose and acts as an anchor and helps balance the bot. but this research funded partially by the department of defense isn't just to create a cool new toy. >> the adhesives have been looked at from everything from space exploration ...
Welcome back to the most news in the morning. robots that can scale walls like super heroes. researchers at stanford university inspired by the gecko's quick feet say these robots can actually be the first ones to explore unstable, dangerous places and can potentially save lives. here's gary tuchman with this morning's "edge of discovery." >> reporter: these little lizards are some of nature's greatest climbers. the tiny hairs on gecko's feet help them stick to nearly any surface. now meet sticky-bot. researchers at stanford university combine mother nature and a mother board to build this cli...