For example, Boston Dynamics has a dog-like robot that can open doors, and a humanoid one that does parkour and gymnastics. Here are 10 more outrageous skills robots have picked up in recent years. Run a hotelFor just under $200, you could spend a night in a hotel run by robots. Build IKEA furnitureIf there’s a single thing everyone can agree on, it’s that trying to assemble IKEA furniture is a hellish process. Researchers in Singapore want to spare amateur furniture builders from ever having to crack another instruction manual, so they created a set of robotic arms that can assemble an IKEA chair in just 20 minutes.

Source: National Post November 21, 2019 16:30 UTC