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Ask someone to name the most obvious sci-fi clichés and they’ll probably talk about flying cars, food in capsule form and teleportation. But the convention most cemented in many people’s consciousness is the robot manservant. Until recently, home robots have been restricted to our imaginations, but now MIT Media Lab’s Dr Cynthia Breazeal and her team have created JIBO, the social home robot.
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