Droids dance, dogs nuzzle, at robot museum

Madrid – A white robotic beagle sits wagging its tail and nuzzling anyone who pets it, while six pint-sized robots, flashing blue, pump their fists as they dance to the pop hit “Gangnam Style”.They are the stars of a new museum launched in Madrid this month, showcasing what its owners say is one of the world’s top collections of robot dogs and other pet automatons.”As far as we know this is the biggest collection of robots in Europe, and in particular of Aibo robotic dogs,” sold by Sony from 1999 to 2006, said the Robot Museum’s manager Daniel Bayon, 39.”They are a very important part of the museum. They are the most advanced robot dogs that