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Robotic butlers, oily wrecks and avatars

This month's New 杏吧原创 TV includes the training of a robot servant, high-tech deep sea salvage and body language for virtual stand-ins
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This month on New 杏吧原创 TV, you can see a robotic butler being tested in the real world for the first time. and his team from University of Birmingham, UK, are designing the robot to map a new house by exploring it and identifying objects typical to different types of room.

We also find out how oil-leaking wrecks can be salvaged. Patrick Crawford from in Newport-on-Tay, UK, shows us the company鈥檚 remotely controlled tool for pumping oil out of sunken ships.

Finally, avatars could soon be equipped with human body language to communicate online more effectively. and from Stanford University, California, take us through their gesture-mapping software and upcoming improvements.

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