9 JANUARY: SHANGHAI, CHINA – Workers carry humanoid robot ‘Jia Jia’, created by a team of engineers from the University of Science and Technology of China, following a presentation at a conference in Shanghai. ‘Jia Jia’ can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked. Billed as China’s first human-like robot, ‘Jia Jia’ was first trotted out last year by a team of engineers at the University of Science and Technology of China.

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