It might not be the first place you imagine when you think about robots.
But in the Renaissance splendour of the Vatican, thousands of miles from Silicon Valley, scientists, ethicists and theologians gather to discuss the future of robotics.
The ideas go to the heart of what it means to be human and could define future generations on the planet.
The workshop, Roboethics: Humans, Machines and Health was hosted by The Pontifical Academy for Life.
Epochal changes
The Academy was created 25 years ago by Pope John Paul II in response to rapid changes in biomedicine.
It studies issues including advances in human genome editing techniques.
These techniques were controversially claimed to have been used by Chinese scientist He Jiankui, to alter the genes of twin girls so they could not get HIV.
