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Residents watch as a coronavirus-themed robot sprays disinfectant in Chennai, India
Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
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The England cricket captain, Joe Root, talks to the Sky Sports robot after the toss at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester
Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images for ECB
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An AI robot runs a health check on a visitor at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing
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A demonstration of DeliRo, a noodle delivery robot that takes payments from smartphones at Takanawa Gateway station in Tokyo
Photograph: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Rex/Shutterstock
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A Covid-19 patient takes instructions from a dietitian through a robot at Yatahartha hospital in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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An ultraviolet robot cleans at St Pancras international station in London, said to be the first train station in the world to use high-tech cleaning robots to help eradicate viruses
Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA
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Children look at a robot that takes their temperature and displays it on a screen in a kindergarten in Madrid, Spain
Photograph: Paul White/AP
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An Orion Star robot prepares coffee in Beijing, China
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A health worker takes a selfie with a LaLuchy Robotina robot at the 20 de Noviembre national medical centre in Mexico City. The robot helps health workers with consultations, therapies and mental health evaluations of Covid-19 patients
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Friars look at a sanitation robot, which uses ultraviolet radiation and ozone diffusion, at the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum in Rome, Italy. The institute will use the robots to sanitise the classrooms, library and the canteen
Photograph: Fabio Frustaci/EPA
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Avatarin’s newme robots are readied for a demonstration in Tokyo, Japan. Each newme has the capability to transmit full-HD, 2K video that will allow users to see and interact with the robot’s surroundings in high resolution
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A robot nurse is deployed inside a mega-quarantine facility in Taguig city, in the Philippines
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A disinfection robot at the China Beijing International High-Tech Expo
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A robot serves food and drink during a demonstration at a restaurant in Seoul, South Korea
Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
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Children watch a smart robot explaining Covid-19 prevention measures at a shopping mall in Frankfurt, Germany
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Pepper robots are demonstrated at SoftBank Robotics in Paris, France. The robots can detect whether people are wearing face masks and, if not, instruct them to do so
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