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June 16, 2006

Robots having sex

zprodrobots.jpg Z Productions - a company founded by electronic artist Paul Granjon in 1988 - is hosting an exibition in which two robots with sexual behavior is exibited. A text on the website explains: "They are programmed to explore their environment, occasionally entering a in heat mode, where they will try and locate a partner in the same state. If a partner is located, the robots will attempt to mate." The robots are programmed in BASIC - see the movie for more details.