{"slug": "annes-royal-encounter-with-humanoid-robot-on-trip-to-south-korea", "title": "Anne’s royal encounter with humanoid robot on trip to South Korea", "summary": "Princess Anne shook hands with a humanoid robot during a three-day official visit to South Korea, at a smart mobility laboratory at Korea University in Seoul. The robot demonstrated movement learned from trial and error and simulation, and the princess expressed keen interest in artificial intelligence.", "body_md": "# Anne’s royal encounter with humanoid robot on trip to South Korea\n\n## The princess, who is on a three-day official visit to the republic, shook hands with the state of the art machine in a lab in the capital Seoul.\n\n- Bookmark\n\nThe Princess [Royal](/topic/royal) experienced a royal meet and greet with a difference in [South Korea](/topic/south-korea) when she shook hands with a humanoid robot.\n\nAnne, who is on a three-day official visit to the republic, watched as the state of the art machine ran speedily back and forth in a demonstration at a smart mobility laboratory at Korea University in [Seoul](/topic/seoul).\n\nThe robot also gave the princess a wave, prompting a smile from the King’s sister.\n\nAnne was said to be extremely interested to talk about AI, and heard how the robot learns movement from trial and error, as well as simulation.\n\nWearing navy blue day gloves, the princess leaned forward to greet the robot with a handshake.\n\nAnne, who was accompanied by her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, also saw demonstrations of a dual-arm robot and a motion capture system.\n\nShe was visiting the university to see examples of British-[Korean](/topic/korean) academic, industrial and research collaboration in science and technology.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/annes-royal-encounter-with-humanoid-robot-on-trip-to-south-korea", "canonical_source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/seoul-south-korea-royal-korean-british-b3015259.html", "published_at": "2026-07-15 10:20:16+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-15 10:26:35.704181+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Princess Anne", "Korea University", "Seoul", "South Korea", "Sir Tim Laurence"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/annes-royal-encounter-with-humanoid-robot-on-trip-to-south-korea", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/annes-royal-encounter-with-humanoid-robot-on-trip-to-south-korea.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/annes-royal-encounter-with-humanoid-robot-on-trip-to-south-korea.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/annes-royal-encounter-with-humanoid-robot-on-trip-to-south-korea.jsonld"}}