Give a Robot a Fish

A sign on a door located on the ninth floor of UCLA's Boelter Hall reads, "Beware of Robot." Inside, stationed at the center of the room, is Tony. He stands more than 5 feet tall with a black torso, dark red rolling base, two large arms, an Internet router on his back and an Xbox One Kinect mounted on his head. Assembled part by part over the past year and costing more than 60,000, Tony has been programmed to open doors, fold clothes and assemble furniture. Surrounding him is a team of researchers who aim to eventually give him human-level cognition.