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* At one car factory in India 580 robots produce one complete motor care every 30 seconds!

* The 'ASUS Zenbo' is a 62cm tall personal bot which trundles around your home, switching lights off, streaming video calls and performing other simple tasks. Its *face* is a touchscreen depicting a face with a range of 24 different emotions. :O)*

* A robot coffee-maker called Ella, can work 5 times faster than a human barista, making up to 15 different coffees and recognising regular customer's faces - AND recalling their favourite hot drink.

* The PRECEYES Surgical System helps surgeons work inside the human eye, to reattach retinas and perform other operations with incredible precision. The robot moves the surgical tools to within 0.02mm - just 1/4 the width of a human hair.

* A Robot-Rx can dispense 6,000 - 7,000 prescriptions a day, saving human pharmacists 90% of their time.

*Some wards of the Covid-19 field hospital in Wuhan were largely staffed by robots, which took temperatures, instructed patients, delivered medicine and food and sprayed disinfectant.

*Japan has three troops of 32 cheerleading robots called 'Murata', capable of performing choreographed routines. They use gyroscopic sensors to stay balanced and upright.

*Sony's AIBO robot dog comes with a bone it will hunt for, a ball to play with, and the ability to learn lots of new tricks. It can also patrol a home as a security guard, seeking out faces it recognises and those it doesn't. It recognises more than 50 voice commands.

* Robotic exoskeletons are just one of the robots used to help people during rehabilitation from injury or illness. They can support a patient's weight and assist their movement until they can build up the strength to do exercises fully for themselves. This can help patients strengthen their muscles, or improve their heart and lung fitness.

* In 2018 the Smithsonian started using robots as tour guides. They lead visitors around the exhibits, answering questions and providing commentaries. During Covid, some robots travelled around closed galleries and museums, providing filmed tours which people could stream and enjoy from home.

* PARO is a robot modelled on a baby harp seal, and is used to provide company for elderly people who suffer with loneliness or anxiety. It moves its head and flippers, blinks and makes facial expressions and sounds to provide company and comfort. Sensors embedded in its fur react to touch. In 2018 there were 5,000 in use, 3,000 of them in Japan.

* The most popular robots in the world are Roomba vacuum cleaners and Braava robot floor moppers.