epa05338424 ASUS Zenbo, a home robot designed to aid, assist and entertain, on display during the COMPUTEX, the largest computer show in Asia, in Taipei, Taiwan, 31 May 2016. The COMPUTEX computer show runs from 31 May to 04 June 2016 and gathers 1,602 exhibitors from 30 countries with 5,009 booths to display their latest products and to sign orders with foreign buyers. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO
TAIPEI: A knee-high robot designed to help around the house ended up serenading Taiwan’s president as Asia’s largest tech trade show kicked off May 31 in Taipei.
The Computex fair comes as Taiwan looks to tech innovation as a way out of economic stagnation, seeking to diversify its reputation as a hardware hub best-known for manufacturing chips.
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