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How it started
I have a soft spot for robot fail videos. I watch them on a loop, chuckling to myself, as a kind of therapy. Maybe I’m a sadist, maybe I need to get out more – you can judge me later – but they get me every time. So naturally, I’ve been glued to a clip of Tesla’s Optimus …
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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/column/843418/humanoid-robot-hype
Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/column/843418/humanoid-robot-hype
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