Being one of a kind has its downsides (Image: Aldebaran Robotics)
THE UBot whizzes around a carpeted conference room on its Segway-like wheels, holding aloft a yellow balloon. It hands the balloon to a three-fingered , which gingerly accepts the gift.
Cameras click. “It blows my mind to see robots collaborating like this,” says William Townsend, CEO of , which developed WAM.
The robots were just two of the multitude on display last month at the in Pasadena, California. But this happy meeting of…



