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Pedestrians near Oracle Park and the SoMa district were stopped in their tracks Wednesday as a hyper-realistic, flesh-colored android head of Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, trotted past them. The head, made of silicone, wasn’t attached to a human body, but rather to the mechanical frame of a four-legged robot dog.
The Musk-bot didn’t just walk; it actively engaged with the city. Onlookers watched as the autonomous machine followed people, squatted, and even lifted a robotic leg to wave at passersby…