In a quiet aisle of a small supermarket in Tokyo, a robot dutifully goes about its work. Reaching down, it grabs yet another bottle of a flavored drink that humans like, lifts it, and places it on the shelf of a refrigerated unit. Then the next one. People come and go.
BBC: The robot shop worker controlled by a faraway human
This picture taken on Oct. 17, 2015, shows pedestrians walking past a store of Japan's third largest convenience chain, FamilyMart, in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo.
