For HR recruiters interested in finding the best of the best, social media allows for a very wide net to help snatch them up.

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To help them improve their performance, Mataric programs each robot to give itself points for finding food -- the pucks -- and deduct points for goofing up.

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Lauren Zollinger, managing editor of GovSpot, described GovSpot as a one-stop bookmark that people will use for tasks ranging from finding the mailing address of the Interior Department to "pointing people towards information that will help them make better decisions" on Election Day, she said.

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