A nationwide circuit show on China's top-notch intelligence robots kicked off its first leg of exhibition on Sunday at the Three Gorges Museum in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

A total of 28 robots were displayed on the exhibition, which varied in forms and functioned differently.

The exhibit was a showcase for the achievements made by the China Academy of Sciences, the organizing body of the exhibition, on its fruitful scientific researches in aspects of voice identification, visual identification, smart decision making, intelligent movements and interactive communications between humans and humanoids.

(Chinanews, china.org.cn January 24, 2006)