Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind
NEW YORK (AP) — As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla. Sprout's charm is the point. A 5-year-old child could comfortably talk at eye level with this humanoid, which stands 3. 5 feet (1 meter) tall and wears a soft, padded exterior of sage-green foam...
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