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My dream is now that these studies will lead to some benefits for the children
involved, if only to make them smile during the game.

Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Auke Ijspeert, Andre Guignard, Olivier Carmona, Yuri
Lopez de Meneses and Rene Beuchat at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
and Alexander Colquhun and David Wise at the University of Edinburgh for their support during
the development of the electronic and mechanical parts of the first prototypes of the Robota
dolls. Many thanks to Marie-Pierre Lahalle at the CSI Museum, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Sharon
Demuth and Yvette Pena for their support in the diverse projects mentioned in this paper.

Notes

1. www.bandai.com.
2. www.furby.com.
3. www.irobot.com.
4. www.mgae.com.
5. mindstorms.lego.com.
6. www.Didel.com, SA, CH.
7. www.k-team.com.
8. www.elan.fr.
9. CSI, Paris, www.csi.fr.
10. www.aurora-project.com.

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