Inflatable snail robot goes on show in city centre
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Image caption, The robotic snail has been described as "part artwork, part feat of engineering"
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A huge robotic snail is set to captivate crowds when it "crawls" into Manchester city centre this weekend.
Known as Luma, the nine-metre inflatable will appear as part of a free Manchester Museum programme at St Ann's Square.
The event, which will run between 10:00 and 16:00 BST on Saturday and Sunday, is linked to the venue's robotic exhibition, The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years, which encourages visitors to "find out what happens when we pause".
Museum organisers said both the snail and cat were operated with air flow, allowing the robots to respond to people's touch.
"Luma is a joyful and hopeful work which champions both nature and technology, and reimagines what robots can be for," they added.
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