Baxter the robot backs France to beat Belgium in semi-final


Robot Baxter chooses a cube, containing a sheet with a team name, while attempting to predict the result of the soccer World Cup semi-final match between France and Belgium during an event at a pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow, Russia July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The World Cup has not been a very happy hunting ground for the menagerie of animal psychics trying their paws, fins and tentacles at picking the match winners, and Baxter the robot is determined to prove science's superiority over animal instinct.

Designed for industrial purposes, the American-made robot housed in Moscow's Robo Station predicted a few hours before kickoff that France would beat Belgium in Tuesday's semi-final in St Petersburg.

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