Each book features detailed, full-page illustrations filled with crowded scenes, and the challenge for readers is to find Waldo, a distinctively dressed character, hidden somewhere within each scene.

The last few weeks have seen a number of tech sites reporting on a robot which can find and point out Waldo in those “Where’s Waldo” books. Designed and built by Redpepper, an ad agency.

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