Stories from the future of intelligent machines--from rescue drones to robot spouses--and accounts of cutting-edge research that could make it all possible. Tech prognosticators promised us robots--autonomous humanoids that could carry out any number of tasks. Instead, we have robot vacuum cleaners. But, as Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo report, advances in robotics could bring those rosy predictions closer to reality. A new generation...
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