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1. Robot Giraffe
The face of a robot giraffe appears to smile at visitors to "The Robot Zoo."
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2. Robot Giraffe Dwarfs Visitors
The head and neck of the robot giraffe tower over two exhibit-goers. The head and neck stretch 9 feet from a cartoon-like factory window at the entrance to the exhibit.
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3. Mister Platypus
Two girls build a creature resembling a platypus, using model parts from the real animal and others such as an elephant's trunk.
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4. Chameleon Computer "Paint" Stations
Two brothers "paint" the robot chameleon, creating color patterns with real-time color image processing on a Silicon Graphics O2TM computer workstation. The boys can post their artwork to a giant screen behind the robot. Television monitors covering the robot quickly match the patterns on the screen, illustrating how the real-life animal blends with its surroundings.
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5. Robot House Fly
A teacher talks to her class about a robot house fly that features a 10-foot wingspread and multiple visual receptors to simulate the real insect's compound eyes.
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6. Robot Bat
A 6-foot robot bat hangs upside-down from a tree branch at twilight. The robot opens its wings slightly, as if awakening to begin its nightly forage for food.
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7. Robot Rhinoceros
Two young girls operate a winch to raise and lower the head of the robot rhino into position on its body. The robot appears to be under construction in a factory workshop or "body shop."
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8. Robot Platypus
A mother and her daughter observe the robot platypus as it swims just below the water's surface.
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9. Robot Giant Squid
An 18-foot tentacle of the robot giant squid grips a struggling fish, as one animated visitor tries to imitate the motion for her friend.
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10. Robot Grasshopper
A 9-foot-long robot grasshopper appears ready for a spring-assisted takeoff over two young exhibit-goers.
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11. Tortoise Track
Two youngsters wearing numbered shells race like turtles around the Tortoise Track.
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