TechStuff Gets Domestic . . . Robots

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TechStuff Gets Domestic . . . Robots

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Feb 13, 2013

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What is a domestic robot? Why are today's domestic robots specialized? Why is it so hard to build a bipedal robot? Get the answers to these questions and more in this episode of TechStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Feb 13, 2013

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