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“Your first lab is tomorrow at 8 a.m.,” she said. “You will be paired randomly. Your partner is a robot. Not a simulator. A physical, untested, slightly aggressive prototype named ‘Tatterdemalion.’ It has the emotional intelligence of a mantis shrimp and the fine motor skills of a toddler on espresso. Do not make it angry.”

She walked to the edge of the stage, the little robot trailing behind her like a loyal mutt. robotics lectures

“Welcome to ‘Robotics for a Dying World,’” she began, her voice dry as chalk dust. “Or, as the registrar calls it, Course 6.841.” “Your first lab is tomorrow at 8 a

Professor Elara Vasquez tapped the microphone, and the cavernous lecture hall of MIT’s Stata Center fell silent. Three hundred and forty-two students—half in person, half as glowing avatars on the curved wall screens—leaned forward. Not a simulator