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Before Chinese robot firm Unitree can make good on its claim that a machine can outrun Usain Bolt, it needs to work on getting the bot to stop after crossing a finish line.

Rapid advances in 3D cameras and artificial intelligence are making it possible for robots to recognize items and autonomously retrieve them, a development that could make factories more flexible in the future.

Despite jogging backwards, the blundering bot is unable to correct course. The hapless humanoid topples backwards onto its noggin and seemingly breaks its waist, causing sparks to fly like one of the ill-fated police prototypes in “Robocop 2.”

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Rear-wheel-drive robot mowers are best suited to simple flat yards; more complex and sloped yards require all-wheel-drive propulsion. And while you may have a flat yard, a single slope can make a mower incompatible: our steep slope, where the property meets the sidewalk, makes it impossible to traverse to other areas without all-wheel drive.

Ged Cashley suffered a cardiac arrest in 2018 and now has annual checks to monitor his health. The 72-year-old's latest trip to the doctor was a little different to his previous ones. His GP practice in Dundee is trialling a 3ft-tall robot - called Teme - which glides across the waiting room and takes him through a series of checks before he sees the doctor.