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Carl Strathearn, Research Fellow, Computing, Edinburgh Napier University

Robot developers keep making it seem like housebots are imminent when they’re decades away

Threepio schmeepio. Tesla

The walking, talking, dancing Optimus robots at the recent Tesla demonstration generated huge excitement. But this turned to disappointment as it became apparent that much of what was happening was actually being controlled remotely by humans.

As much as this might still be a fascinating glimpse of the future, it’s not the first time that robots have turned out to be a little too good to be true.

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