How to stop your robot from being a robot

Robots are becoming increasingly popular, with people creating and controlling them in almost every conceivable way.

But robots that can perform the same tasks humans do and communicate with humans are a different story.

How can we stop a robot from becoming a robot?

RTE’s Andrew Dickson spoke to Dr Ian Fyfe, a professor of computer science at the University of Adelaide.

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