A boy stands next to an iPal robot at Avatarmind's booth at the World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, China August 17, 2018. Picture taken 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING: At a trade show in southern Beijing, children and parents crowd around a group of pink and blue dancing robots that resemble toddler-sized Power Rangers.
The robots – wired with wide LED smiles and cutesy personalities – are the brainchild of Chinese-American company AvatarMind, built to be futuristic retail workers, teacher's assistants and household helpers.
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