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A humanoid robot
An industrial robot
Robot woman
robot chef
Toyota assembly line
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automobile assembly line
cockroach-inspired robot
Learn about Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
roboticist
See how researchers developed a fully maneuverable fish robot modeled on the electric fish
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