[Getty Images] When the weather's bad and there's no prospect of a trip to the park, we might well reach for crayons, pencils and paper as a way to keep our children entertained. But drawing is ...

Use your garden to help your children increase their understanding ... put the bugs back in the garden, or draw one or more of the insects on the paper. Tell them to make their picture nice ...

If you like what you see, the robot will then begin to draw your portrait on a piece of paper. It does this using two human-like arms which are made from aluminium and driven by two stepper motors.