Around a week ago, my roommates and I visited the Grand Palais where there was a special exhibition being held called Artists and Robots. At the exhibit, there were many different examples of robots creating their own “art pieces”. This made me consider how close robots are getting to emulating human capabilities. Although there is still much debate as to whether or not robots could ever really replicate human consciousness and theory of mind (as thoroughly discussed in NBB471), simple tasks such as motor grip are easily achievable. The robots pictured above can grasp a pen that allows them to draw complex patterns. This is interesting because we as humans utilize our motor cortex when picking something up but robots do not have a brain and cannot; yet, we are still able to achieve the same end goal of grasping an object.