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Helping Robots Be Less Robotic

November 16, 2016
Craig Schlenoff
Whether they’re behind the scenes assembling products or helping you parallel park your car, robots are already playing a big role in our day-to-day lives. And robots will only become a more pervasive part of our lives in the coming decades. But they aren’t good at everything ... yet. For instance