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Man or machine? Building robots like us

Name: Man or machine? Building robots like us
Uploaded: 2016-04-29T13:05:37.883Z
Duration: 13 min 14 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Opinion is divided over ethics and purpose of humanoid machines

Technological advances mean that robots are increasing looking and behaving like humans. But can these machines ever match their human counterparts? FT's Richard Waters and Kana Inagaki discover the latest humanoid robots and ask whether these machines can truly enhance society.

April 29, 2016

Produced by Nalini Sivathasan. Filmed by Greg Bobillot and Tom Griggs. Graphics by Russell Birkett. Additional production by Mitsuko Matsutani and Nobuko Juji. Images from Getty.