Article: Vision for a robotic future; Man and machines: Babysitting and surgery in the 'safe hands' of robots A visit to Millennium Point can give you a glimpse of things to come, as Ross Reyburn discovers.

Byline: Ross Reyburn

Imagine a future when a Birmingham surgeon can perform operations in three different countries on the same day -without leaving his own operating theatre. Or one were a machine would care for your baby.

In the years ahead, robots will be able to survive in any new surroundings, ranging from the ocean floor to the surface of a distant planet.

All these scenarios are unveiled in the brave new world of the robots of the future featured at Thinktank, at Birmingham's Millennium Point, which opens today.

Thinktank's ...

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