While running around the university yesterday I spotted a lone robot lawn mover doing its thing, see pics. I found the “operator” – an actual human – who took me through how they set an initial program and then just let it go. In this case it was mowing the awkward slopes in the Uni. He also told me about the pitch painting robot they have just got that uses GPS to paint perfect pitch lines.

It is happening all around us – the rise of AI and the machine age.