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![Photograph of a large robot walking and talking with a young boy in school uniform who's holding a football, down a winding path in the park.](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection%2Fe8c79f0d-0b39-403b-b2e2-c4739daf0d06_ep_000769_004.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
The school run, Thomas SG Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).