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25/09: 'PolySpider' hopes for clean sweep
Jan 12, 2012
Students from Polytechnic University unveiled the aptly named PolySpider - a self-designed robot that cleans the outside of windows. It's all part of an international design competition organised by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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