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Waldo

In computing, a mechanical device, such as a gripper arm, that follows the movements of a human limb. Waldos were developed by the nuclear industry in the 1940s for handling hazardous substances at a safe distance, and were named after a 1942 story by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein.
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These possessions--for as such they might almost certainly be reckoned--comprised the greater part of what is now known as Waldo County, in the state of Maine, and were more extensive than many a dukedom, or even a reigning prince's territory, on European soil.
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