Farmer Builds Robot Army


	Farmer Builds Robot Army

cakebelly

12-1-2008 12:32 PM

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continues: Out of all of his mechanical 'sons', Wu says he loves Wu No.25, a robot which can pull a rickshaw, the best. Each day, Wu No.25 pulls his inventor around the local area. It can walk for up to six hours on one battery charge.

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