New Delhi, July 5 -- A humanoid robot cooked a steak while being controlled from 1,800km away using a VR headset. Chinese company Shenzhen Dobot is behind the innovation.

The robot, Dobot Atom, was in Shandong. The operator was in Guangdong. From an Indian perspective, it's like Delhi and Chennai even though the actual distance between Delhi and Chennai is around 1,700km.

A video shared on social media shows the robot copying the engineer's hand movements through VR. The four-minute clip showed the robot doing delicate tasks like wiping the steak with a paper towel, pouring oil and flipping the meat. The robot even sprinkled salt with its fingers.

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