The robot would master it.

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As an alien robot attempting to master the ways of New Yorkers, Murphy is expectably uproarious, but more than half of his screen time is given over to his straight-man role as the captain, who, along with the rest of his crew, undergoes an emotional awakening upon contact with the joyful irrationality of life on earth.

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"Robots should be smaller, it should be helpful, it should be subordinate, it should be making sure that you are the master and not the robot, " said Mr. Haass.

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When a robot is connected to MyRobots.com, its human master is able to go onto the site to monitor the automatic status updates from the robot.

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