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Bandit is a humanoid robot developed by the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center (RASC) at USC, designed as an expressive tool for human-robot interaction. The robot's body consists of servo-motors and rapid-prototyped parts. Its updated design and fabrication were performed by BlueSky Robotics, building upon techniques from the successful Bandit-I implementation.
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