From Metropolis to Avengers: Age of Ultron, robots are such a staple of movie-going that it's easy to forget they haven't always been around. The idea of automated machines doing work for us has ...

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In the recent movie “Robots,” Rodney, an eager robot with inventive dreams, shared his motto, “See a need, fill a need.” It’s a saying that struck Napa resident Melanie Oberting.