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- Real-world robots have been consistently pretty lame.
- That could all change sooner than you think.
- Recent developments suggest robots might get their ChatGPT moment in a matter of years.
At the start of the millennium, most people thought of robots as a bit lame.
Futuristic, humanoid companions were fun to think about in movies starring Harrison Ford but less so in reality. A Guardian article from 2003 went as far as describing robots of the day as a "motley crew of motorized bins."