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Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making bigger promises. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET.

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Robotics companies have converted the pages of science fiction books into real life, as artificial intelligence-powered humanoid machines are in the early stages of development. The industry is ...