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From Robby and Gort to C-3PO and Data, robots have long been a staple of Hollywood science fiction. But innovation in technology and computers means what was once science fiction is now reality. Electronic beings now pick orchard fruit and pilot aircraft
From vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers to military landmine detectors, robots are becoming increasingly present in our daily lives. Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman visits MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) to meet a humanoid robot named Domo, its creator, PhD student Aaron Elsinger, and the man behind all the magic, CSAIL director Rodney Brooks.