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Jodi Forlizzi, assistant professor of human-computer interaction and design, Carnegie Mellon University, studies how the use of Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner, affects the lifestyles, relationships and attitudes of families compared with use of ordinary stick vacuums.

A �face-on� view of the Neo Gamma robot.

Illustration of the circular robots melting from a cube formation. Shows these robots can behave like a liquid.

Robot feeding baby in a kitchen, mother in background

An animation showing dozens of robots walking naturally across a white background

Still images of the human-like robot sitting on grass.

Human brain digital illustration.

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Robotic gifts

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Two "boxing bots" are set up inside the Microsoft tent at World Maker Faire in New York on Sept. 21, 2013.

bionic man

Team Tartan Rescue - DARPA Robotics Challenge

An image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system�s known dwarf planets, including the newly discovered 2017 OF201

an illustration showing a large disk of material around a star

a person holds a GLP-1 injector

A man with light skin and dark hair and beard leans back in a wooden boat, rowing with oars into the sea

an MRI scan of a brain

A photograph of two of Colossal�s genetically engineered wolves as pups.

two ants on a branch lift part of a plant