In a TED Talk, US robotics firm 1X Technologies featured its humanoid NEO, a robot designed to help people with home chores.

By Gareth Willmer A hospital in central Paris has had an unexpected helper: a full-sized talking humanoid ... to office 253. The robot blinks, turns its head and replies: “Office 253 is located ...

Not an altogether terrible answer from Sophia, an AI robot, in an interview with Business ... intelligence" is within our grasp. The animated head and torso was made by Hanson Robotics and is ...