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Raunchy robots in Vegas strip dance

ROBOT strippers, a Scrabble-playing robot that pours coffee for its human opponent and a robotic puppy that does everything but poop.

The influx of androids, many featuring smoother movement and more artificial intelligence than before, was shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, where 35 exhibitors demonstrated the latest humanoid developments.

The most bizarre stunt featured two robots invading and performing at a strip club.

While many suspected a canny tech start-up was behind the creations, the robot dancers were actually the work of English scrap metal artist Giles Walker, who said he wanted to make a statement about “how everyone is being watched”.

A Scrabble-playing robot from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute also proved popular, placing cubed letters on a large Scrabble board to beat human players.