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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Sydney, Australia, where researchers are developing a robot that they hope will one day provide home care for the elderly. They’ve enlisted the help of a Sydney performance artist to make the robot seem more human. Correspondent Phil Mercer has the story.

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