World Service

How close are we to humanoid robots in the home? A flurry of new robots – designed to look like us – have been revealed recently, with many in Silicon Valley excited that this is the next big leap in AI. But many humanoid robots still struggle with the basics, such as picking up a glass or watering a plant. In this special edition of Tech Life, the BBC’s cyber correspondent Joe Tidy meets some of these robots and asks: Will we really let them into our homes in the next few years? Presenter: Chris Vallance & Joe Tidy Producers: Tom Quinn & Imran Rahman-Jones (Image: Joe Tidy looking at a white humanoid robot with a red baseball cap on. It is looking back at him. They are standing in a domestic kitchen setting.)