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And picking them up neatly is a significant challenge in robotics. here's our science correspondent richard westcott, in a nervous corner of an aircraft hangar in bedfordshire... guys, we need to go as soon as possible, really. ..a team is competing in a three—day global competition, to programme a robot to identify and then move some shopping. not as easy as you might think. it is all a bit tense because they are actually doing the competition run now. it is being watched in italy. keeping an eye on us via live video link are judges and other competing teams at the main event in bologna. an...

Some of the money for the team comes from a big company whose future will rely on this kind of technology. certainly with the high level skills, we find difficult in recruiting. there's a shortage, there is high demand because lots of industries are now_ going for this level of robotics. so being engaged in these competitions allows us to keep in touch with the recruitment pipeline _ and some of the excellent research that is going on. a bit of talent spotting? definitely. robots are the future, but programming them to be as good as humans at some tasks is still many years away. richard westco...

And we have the overview here, where we have already the robot standing and looking into the container. 13 international teams are competing in this competition. six of them remotely, including cranfield. gilbert, that was very expertly done, but the reality is a child could do that. why is it so hard for a robot to do it? something that seems so easy for us humans to do is actually extremely complicated for robots because firstly the robot will have to be able to see the item through its camera. secondly, it will have to process the image using some really clever algorithm to identify what ty...

And don't have anybody to visit them. some of the money for the team comes from a big company whose future will rely on this kind of technology. certainly with the high level skills, we find difficult in recruiting. there's a shortage, there is high demand because lots of industries are now— going for this level of robotics. so being engaged in these competitions allows us to keep in touch with the recruitment pipeline _ and some of the excellent research that is going on. a bit of talent spotting? definitely. robots are the future, but programming them to be as good as humans at some tasks ...