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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Police puppy makes online debut

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    Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:16pm EST

    LONDON (Reuters) - Police in Scotland have set up a Web site to allow the public to meet their newest, and cutest, recruit as he learns how to sniff out criminals.

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    A six-week-old jet-black puppy with no name has been given his own online diary as he prepares to begin his new career with Tayside Police.

    Officers said the puppy, one of a litter of seven, has attracted huge interest since he was unveiled as the force's latest crime-fighting weapon.

    The dog's new handler, Constable Mike Keenan, said: "The benefits of using German Shepherds are that they are generally very loyal and hard working, as well as being intelligent."

    Keenan's wife Jennifer has asked pupils from St Ninian's Primary School in Dundee to come up with a name for the puppy.

    You can follow his progress online at: www.tayside.police.uk/dog_section_diary.php

    (Reporting by Peter Griffiths; editing by Steve Addison)
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