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    THERE’S A REASON WHY WE ALL PREFER R2-D2 TO C-3PO…

    Sep 14, 2022 3 minutes

    In August 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed his company’s plan to produce a humanoid robot called ‘Optimus’. The announcement, accompanied by a dancing actor in a skintight robot costume, was ridiculed by sceptics, but Tesla is not alone in the quest to create human-shaped machines.

    Research labs and companies around the globe are investing serious amounts of money in these complex robots, which could have uses in everything from warehouses to nursing homes. Their pitch is two-fold: the human

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