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Laser guided robot arm can grasp and deliver

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According to an article on VNUNET, a team of DARPA-funded researchers (also known as "boffins") has devised a way of instructing robots to find and retrieve items identified with a simple laser pointer.

The robotic arm that carries out the command is know as El-E, "named for the arm's resemblance to an elephant trunk." EI-E can apparently grasp and deliver several types of household items including "towels, pill bottles and telephones."

Now, they're really sure about this, right? I mean, this isn't going to backfire? Because I'd hate to think what might happen if a laser pointer got into the hands of an evil-doer.

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