so how does it work? for this demonstration ameca is being controlled by morgan rowe, who's the director of operations for engineered arts. we've got the camera on the system here. that camera is actually looking at my face and we can see what my face is doing and i can smile and the robot smiles. move my head, and the robot moves its head, so the robot's mimicking everything i'm doing, i can effectively talk and listen via the robot from anywhere in the world. but as well as being controlled like a puppet. artificial intelligence means that ameca can react to its surroundings. if i get far too close then it will back away. the company has spent £2 million developing aeica, and it employs 22 people here in cornwall. this is not cgi. this is something that we can touch. it's something real right now, and it's in cornwall. from supermarket checkouts to self—driving cars, the age of automation is here.