Visitors stand around a robot of French company Enchanted Tools at their booth during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, on June 14, 2023. — Photography Ludovic MARIN/AFP
The red eye that refuses to be extinguished, the metal body that cannot be crushed – for many of us the word "robot" conjures one image: the Terminator.
But robots are now everywhere, serving as companions in care homes or vacuum cleaners in our homes, and manufacturers are keener than ever to design friendly machines.
