Live from Web Summit: how to build a genuinely useful robot

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  We've been told for decades that robots are going to transform human society.

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  Futurists have said this, it's in science fiction all over the place.

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  These robots are meant to be running around our homes, folding laundry,

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  cooking our food, pouring our beers, maybe even driving us to work.

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  It doesn't really feel that way though, does it?

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  You'd be forgiven for thinking it all still feels very remote.

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  But while robots at home seem to be quite some time away,

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  robots in industry have definitely been on the rise.

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  We know about robots that can make cars, for example,

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  but they're also picking up and moving goods around warehouses.

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  They're carrying out hazardous tasks in hostile environments at power stations or in disaster zones.

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  So,

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  to understand where the cutting edge of robotics really is and where we can expect it to go next.

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  I've come to Web Summit in Lisbon to talk to engineers from two companies that represent the bleeding edge of developing and deploying the world's most advanced robots.

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  I'm Alok Jha and this is Babbage from The Economist.

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  Today, where the robots really are.

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  Now today we're going to be speaking to two engineers who are driving forward the technology of robotics.

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  Robert Plater is the boss of Boston Dynamics.

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  He used to be a gymnast and he actually programmed the world's first robotic somersault and that heritage lives on at his company Boston Dynamics today.

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  You'll have probably come across many of the company's machines including the robotic dog spot and on YouTube and in various other places including I believe America's Got Talent.

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