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Aug 3 2007, Raman

Robots no more gets special treatment in Japan. Fuji Heavy Industries and Sumitomo have designed a Tondon robot that will now clean the apartments. Tondon robot features a special ‘Balinese’ paint job (means yellow with scribbles all over it) to go...

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Sumitomo Electric Reaches Milestone of 10 Million Optical Transmitters/Receivers/Transceivers Shipped. (Photo: Business Wire)