The context clue that helps figure out the meaning of "hobby" is paid project, because a hobby is something you enjoy doing that you do not get paid for. This implies that if they start taking on paid projects, their activity would move from being a hobby to a business.
Use the excerpt from The Robots Makers to answer the question.
"Until now, their robots had been just a hobby. If they started taking on paid projects, robotics would become their family business."
Which context clue you figure out the meaning of hobby?
Family business, because a hobby is an example of a family business;
paid project, because a hobby is something you enjoy doing that you do not get paid for
robotics and robots, because they are synonyms for the words hobbies and hobby
unit now, because a hobby is something that changes over time
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