Ever fancied your own robot...read on!

University of Silesia scientists have presented their first mechanical child, thus paving the way for further, more advanced mechanical engineering projects. The newly nascent creature, a fully mobile robot, named Hexor is a huge scorpion packed with electronics, equipped with a camera, infra-red and ultrasound- sensitive eyes. According to its creators, the robot's con struction is extremely simple and can be easily adapted so that it can be controlled by a computer, or a mobile phone. It can also be upgraded. The cost of the "electronic baby" is zł. 5,500, which is a fraction of the price of its kin in the U.S. and Western Europe. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 2) J.K.