A robot has stolen the show at the opening of this year’s CeBIT technology trade fair in Hannover.<br /><br />It welcomed British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who attended the event. <br /><br />Cameron later announced an extra 54 million euros worth of funding for UK tech companies which are developing internet-connected devices.<br /><br />“It is our ambition to make the UK the most digital nation in the G8 and it’s my mission to show the world that we are getting there,” said Cameron.<br /><br />Devices which communicate via the web are known as the “internet of things.” In the future it could see homes fitted with appliances which talk to each other.<br /><br />Elsewhere at CeBIT, a pole-dancing robot was grabbing attention.
