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Theo Farrant

Is this the future of train travel? Robot dogs and drones take over a metro station in China

During one of the busiest travel periods of the year, commuters in Hefei, in a city in east China's Anhui Province, were greeted not just by trains, but by robots.

Humanoid assistants, four-legged inspection dogs and drones patrolled metro stations and tunnels, helping passengers with directions, checking infrastructure, and scanning for faults.

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