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made little progress. This is only natural, since themade little progress. This is only natural, since thefield not only attempts to conquer intelligence, butfield not only attempts to conquer intelligence, butalso the body that embodies italso the body that embodies it --a formidable taska formidable task
indeed! Robotics, though, is notindeed! Robotics, though, is not just justaboutabout
humanoid robots; but also about their commercialhumanoid robots; but also about their commercialapplications in manufacturing, safety and hundredsapplications in manufacturing, safety and hundredsof other fields.of other fields.