TOPSHOT - A photo taken on May 21, 2020 shows an engineer working on "R1", a robot designed to operate in domestic and professional environments, at the Italian Institute of Technology ((IIT)) in Genoa, Liguria, as the country eases its lockdown during the Phase 2 of deconfinment within the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. - It might soon become part of our daily lives, assisting the elderly at home or travellers at stations or airports. R1 "Your Personal Humanoid" is the first Italian robot developed by IIT, designed to operate in domestic and professional environments. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)