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Tucked along an ordinary street in an industrial section of Berkeley, Calif., the company youโre about to visit has no receptionist. Instead, at the front door, meet MoonBot, a horny, tractorized robot with a taste for malt liquor; a waiter robot who, years ago, transformed a local restaurant into a testing ground for food-service robotics. (Short version: ketchup bottles got broken.)
Inside and up the stairs, guarded by battle-scarred stars from Robot Wars, past a pink box of doughnuts, enter an open-air office where the companyโs executive team has gathered to load a human-sized trebuchet with water balloons theyโre hurling at an iPad in order to test a new app that mimics a spectacular smash on the tabletโs screen when the balloon โshattersโ it.
Ready? Thhhhhwopp! โฆ Smash! Success! Laughter! Applause! Itโs 10:08 a.m.
Welcome to the Stupid Fun Club (SFC).
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