We think of self-driving cars as recent – but they've been around for thirty years. Little by little, robots are gaining new kinds of capability and intelligence. But why is it all taking so long? We are, says Peter Barrett, being held back by wanting to make them just like us. Barrett is a founder and CTO of Playground Global, a new type of venture capital firm, built by and for entrepreneurs, engineers and technologists.

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