Oliver Conway

We assess the conditions and the risk of avalanches.

When we want to venture off-piste, we bring safety equipment and detectors, and we don't just go anywhere.

This means that when people fall, they fall onto rocks next to the slopes, which often results in serious injuries.

This is particularly noticeable at the moment.

If you hate tidying up and ironing, you may soon be able to offload those mundane tasks to an Android.

With the rise of AI, companies around the world are racing to ship robots to our homes to help with daily chores.

But how soon could this become a truly useful reality?

Our correspondent Joe Tidy has been to meet some of the high-tech helpers.

It's impossible not to smile when a humanoid robot walks into a room.

Neo is five foot six and walks and moves very slowly.

It has two button eyes set into a face and body coated in soft knitwear.

It looks cute and cuddly, and that's the point.

This is one of a new wave of domestic bots designed to live with us and help us run our homes.

We've just walked up to see NEO in action and someone is operating NEO right now and watering all the plants.

I've just been told this is what they do all day, carrying out tasks and testing all day long.

Good accuracy.

Oh, I spoke too soon.

Aside from the spill, Neo did a good job of watering the plants.

It also fetched me a bottle of water.

Thank you.