This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get access to member-exclusive stories every month, join the Vox Membership program today. There’s something sad about seeing a humanoid robot lying on the floor. Without any electricity, these bipedal machines can’t stand up, so if they’re powered down and not hanging from a winch, they’re sprawled out on the floor, staring up at you, helpless. That’s how I met Atlas a couple of months ago. I’d seen the robot on YouTube a hundred times, running obstacle courses and doing backflips. Then I saw...

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