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Months of planning and hard work have paid off for a Houston Community College tech team that has built the college's first humanoid robot. Poppy the Robot was constructed piece by piece on a 3D printer at the HCC West Loop Campus Digital and IT Innovation Lab by a team of students and faculty. The project represents collaboration between HCC's Digital & Information Technology and Advanced Manufacturing centers of excellence. "Poppy has really opened our eyes in understanding how humanoids and artificial intelligence can work and play a part in the community college," said Sean Otmishi, dean of the HCC Digital & Information Technology Center of Excellence.