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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.
And I'm Finn, hello.
Hello there, Finn.
Now, what do you know about robots?
Robots, well, they talk in a funny way like that.
Yes, you sound quite convincing there, actually, Finn.
You like it?
Yes, I do.
Is there anything else you know about robots?
Well, there are a couple of good ones in Star Wars, on there.
Oh, yes.
R2D2 and C3PO.
C3PO talks in quite a human voice.
He does.
But, of course, that's science fiction, not real life.
No, but things have moved on in real life.
The use of machines to do work that people do, or used to do,
is called automation.