Everyone’s talking about the new Nuvo [Japanese] robot, but I suspect that it’s devices like Lucy here that will really deliver the most benefit to the robot/android world of the future. From the Creatures people?

‘The aim is for me to learn like a baby – figuring out for myself what my arms are for, where they start and end, how my voice works, how to get their attention when I need something. Other robots build cars or learn to play chess, but not me – I get to bang drums and drop my toys on the floor in the name of Artificial Intelligence.’