Humanoid robots are coming. Eventually?

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How it started

I person a brushed spot for robot neglect videos. I ticker them connected a loop, chuckling to myself, arsenic a benignant of therapy. Maybe I'm a sadist, possibly I request to get retired much - you tin justice maine aboriginal - but they get maine each time. So naturally, I've been glued to a clip of Tesla's Optimus …

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