A child reaches out to a robotic dog displayed at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, Friday, October 21, 2016. The conference showcased China's burgeoning robot industry as the nation seeks to increase the use of robots in its manufacturing and service industries. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





People talk as they sit in front of a robot in a public transport simulator at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





People program NAO robots to prepare them for a robot soccer competition at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A robot of the Siasun Robot and Automation Corporation simulates the use of a medical instrument on a model of a human skeleton at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





People look at a RoboThespian humanoid robot at the Tami Intelligence Technology stall at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A woman walks past a robot by Robot4U Tech at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





NAO robots are being charged at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A woman sits in a VR Capsule, a virtual reality simulator, at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A woman sits in the chair of a Teinyo medical robot at the stall of the HIT Robot Group at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





People look at a humanoid Urobot by Xiao Yanlin at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)