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            “Stanford Team Wins Robot Race.” MSNBC.com. Available online.
              URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9621761. Accessed on
              October 19, 2005.
                 Describes the 2005 DARPA “Grand Challenge” in the Mojave des-
                 ert.
            Walter, Chip. “You, Robot.”  Scientific American 292 (January
              2005): 36–37A.
                 Describes SEEGRID, Moravec’s new robotics firm, and also Moravec’s
                 predictions about future generations of robots.

            Web Sites
            Extropy Institute. URL: http://www.extropy.org. Accessed on October
              12, 2005.
                 An organization dedicated to transcending human limitations (and
                 even mortality) through technology, including robotics.
            Hans Moravec. URL: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm. Accessed on
              October 10, 2005.
                 Home page at Carnegie Mellon University; includes an archive of
                 Moravec’s past robot projects and speculation about the future of
                 robots.
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