ROBOTIC HAND:

(Clockwise from top left) The SCHUNK 5-finger anthropomorphic gripper hand is seen during the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. • A staff member operating a fire fighting robot by CITIC Engineering at the Light of Internet Expo ahead of the 5th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China. • Experiencing VR glasses during the Wuzhen expo. • A volcanology technician looks at a screen at a monitoring centre which surveys the activity of volcanoes from southern Chile, in Temuco, Chile. • Ben Goertzel (right), founder and chief executive officer of SingularityNET, talks about artificial intelligence next to Sophia the Robot on the centre stage during the annual Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon. — AFP/Reuters photos