Scientists Build Robots to Live With Humans

Industrial robots are already working in many factories around the world and in our homes, for instance as smart vacuum cleaners.  Scientists say in a few years we will start seeing so-called "social robots," capable of engaging with people. Today’s robots can build cars and explore underwater objects. But interacting with people is more complex than simply taking an incoming message, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Cynthia Breazeal. “Social robots...

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