"pedipulator" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1926, \"The Player Piano,\" The Encyclopædia Britannica, 13th edition, vols. 29-30, p. 1006 (Google snippet view) (retrieved 26 Sept 2013)",
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          "ref": "1967 March 23, “Potential of 'Metal Men' Unlimited”, in Calgary Herald Magazine, retrieved 2013-09-26, page 12",
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          "ref": "1984, Adam Morecki et al., Cybernetic Systems of Limb Movements in Man, Animals, and Robots, retrieved 2013-09-26, page 63",
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          "ref": "2006, Lino Marques et al., “Robust Platform for Humanitarian Demining”, in Climbing and Walking Robots, retrieved 2013-09-26, page 1098",
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        "(robotics) A component mechanism which gives a robot the capability of walking; a robot having such a capability."
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