Chinese society is leapfrogging the west and embracing the latest technologies without any reservations. Here is a quick slideshow that shows robots in hospitals, train stations, airports etc. There are “robocops” or robot security guards on the road, quietly moving around and mingling with the crowds. There are autonomous delivery vehicles that bring coffee or postal packages. Everything is turning self-driving — cars, buses, trains, road sweepers, tractors, you-name-it. Speech recognition, face recognition, artificial intelligence, robots, drones … they are all over China now. It may sound Orwellian, but there’s no way of turning back. We will have them eventually in the West as well…

Farmers using drones to spray pesticide, monitor crops etc.

Driverless Taxi

Startup delivers snacks via autonomous delivery bots

Driverless Sweeper keeps the road clean

Self-driving bus from Baidu

Kids get used to robots

AI delivery

Robot Patrol

Robot Assistant

Robot in Hospital

Robots are natural for kids

Self-driving delivery vehicle from JD.com

Robots at the airport

Drones deliver Starbucks

Even Older Chinese are adapting

Autonomous Tractor

Cute Robo Cop

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