
Visitors stand around a pair of interactive partner robots in a booth at the China Beijing International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo (ICCIE) in Beijing December 20, 2008. These tiny pet robots can make designed movements and show humanlike emotions and expressions. [Xinhua]

An employee shows a pair of interactive partner robots in a booth at the China Beijing International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo (ICCIE) in Beijing December 20, 2008. [Xinhua]

Interactive partner robots are displayed in a booth at the China Beijing International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo (ICCIE) in Beijing December 20, 2008. [CFP]