500 years of robots on show


A London exhibition on robots is being held at the Science Museum until Sept 3. — AFP

WHY do humans build machines that resemble them -- and what does that say about us? A London exhibition has opened and is surveying 500 years of simple to sophisticated robots to find out.

Take a lip-syncing monk from the 16th century or a cartoon-like humanoid avatar that helps children with autism today. They and 100 other robots on display at the Science Museum chart an evolution of machines that fascinate and terrify in equal measure.

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