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Realistic Robotic Penguins Popular at Wakayama Theme Park

Shirahama, Wakayama Pref., Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)--Two robotic penguins that move realistically are gaining popularity at the Adventure World theme park in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The robots--one modeled after a rockhopper penguin and the other after a gentoo penguin--are exhibited among real penguins at the theme park, the world's only facility to house 10 ...

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