He praised the work of the UK ambassador, who Mr Meller said had "been working through the night to get Ai-Da released," but pointed out that her late release meant it would be difficult to get her ready for the display on Thursday. "We're right up to the wire now," he said.

Shortly after the activation of robot Sophia in 2015, she was declared citizenship by the Kingdom of Saudi, becoming the first robot in the world to reach such heights. The world was ambivalent towards this genius creation, questioning the future status of human beings and the dominance of technology. With more and more artists incorporating technology in their works, it wasn't long until a robot artist was in the making. Ai-Da, the world's first ultra-realistic humanoid AI robot artist, was invented by gallery director Aidan Meller and has herself become a piece of art. As a performance artist, she draws, sculpts and creates collaborative paintings with humans.