There’s something surreal about a massive industrial-sized robotic arm being used to turn on a $20 device which will switch itself back off instantly, but the absurdity is worth a watch.

Rachel Reeves’s Budget has triggered a surge in demand for robots as the Chancellor’s Budget tax raid makes employing human ...

However, that has been true mostly for humanoid robots, which are a tiny minority compared to the industrial robots that have helped manufacture our goods — such as cars — for decades.