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Those spiffing fellows at the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom are conducting a research project of a baby robot named iCub, which is the robot actually learn to speak. The three foot high robot will help researchers deduce how the language is taught, but the biggest impact of this study include the prospect of development of humanoid robots that can learn, think and talk.

"It may be far from AI, but the project, which will begin next year, costs about £ 4. 7 ($ 9. 34) million, and if that kind of money does not lead to robots that can write our articles for us, we are going to be very, very drunk. [BBC News].

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