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- Japanese tech firm Docomo showed off a small tea-making robot at MWC 2023.
- The robot relies on motion-sharing technology so that it can mimic a human counterpart.
- Docomo's overall goal is to create haptics so users can share emotions and skills with other people.
Robotics companies have long focused on pushing their cyborgs to the limit by making them perform increasingly-difficult athletic activities like parkour.
But the latest generation of robots has been tasked with something far more straightforward: making tea.
Japan's Docomo showed off a small tea-making robot at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week that was more impressive for its ability to mimic humans than its physical prowess.