"Oh, he's so cute, " says Ms. Able.

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We also checked out Anthony Oh's super-cute recycled robots, which are so tiny they fit on the tip of your finger.

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"When you're little, everyone smiles at you because you're cute, so you think the world's great, " she says.

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