Robots have long been part of our collective idea of The Future, but two big obstacles have always stood in their way.
One was movement. When would robots become advanced enough to move around in the real world? We’ve all seen a Dalek fall down some stairs. But today, we’re seeing Boston Dynamics machines parkour-ing through forests. The mobility challenge seems to be solved.
The second obstacle was intelligence. I’m not even going to discuss that one – today’s AI seems ready to power general-purpose robots.
What I do want to discuss is the future of robots in the UK.
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