The Electric State streams on Netflix beginning Friday, March 14. Numerous mechanical characters whirr and wisecrack their way through The Electric State, a slick Netflix time-killer and money ...

Nearly two decades before the Roomba, a domestic robot named RB debuted in 1983.Designed to assist with household tasks, RB could vacuum, answer the phone and even grab drinks from the fridge.

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