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The idea for the Walkman was created by the Chairman of Sony. His name was Akio Morita. He wanted to listen to music while walking. He completed his design on the 24^th of March in 1979. A Walkman is a personal stereo cassette player. The first name of his invention was Walky, but later they changed it into "Walkman". The Walkman fashion began in Japan and reached the USA in 1980. The name Walkman was entered into the Oxford English Dictionary in 1988.

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We sometimes see robots in space films. In films robots can walk and talk, but in a real life they are quite different. The real robot doesn't have a body with arms and legs, it doesn't have a brain and it can't think.

The computer programme inside the robot's head gives the instructions to robot what to do.

Robots are very useful in factories where they can do the jobs that people can't. They work very quickly and they never get tired but sometimes they are out of order.

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