JOEL WILLIAMS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR [email protected]MONTREAL, Sept. 17, 2020 — If you want to eat an elephant, conventional advice says to start with the first bite. To build a robot equipped with superhuman vision, ImmerVision says to start with the head. Meet Joyce, a humanoid robot that has been under development for several months. Philosophically speaking, however, said Alessandro Gasparini, executive vice president of operations and chief commercial officer at ImmerVision, the project has been ongoing for 20 years. A concept image of the Joyce robot. Courtesy of ImmerVision. 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