SILICON SERVANT: Anybots, in Mountain View, Calif., is developing tele-operated mechanical servants like Monty, a two-armed wheeled robot equipped with gyroscopes, force sensors, and actuators powered by ultracapacitors. Anybots’ founders see a future in which a low-paid worker might remotely control a robot in your kitchen.

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