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Lance Ulanoff

Drone maker lets robot fly drone to prove it's easy to use and scare the heck out of us

Unitree G1 flies Antigravity A1.

Picture this: a pint-sized humanoid robot wearing goggles. Okay, that's not particularly weird or scary, but what if those goggles have a pair of antennas that let the robot communicate with a drone? Oh, and did I mention that the robot is holding a joystick and is flying the drone? You really can't make this stuff up.

The race to bring humanoid robots into our lives is heating up, and their sudden ubiquity in public discourse and culture is leading to some strange mashups like journalists and robots, robots and grandparents, and, now, robots and drones.

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