Despite ongoing fears and speculation that robots could steal British jobs, new data reveals that the majority of industry professionals (63.3 per cent) have never witnessed job losses as a result of the introduction of robots or automated processes. Furthermore, more than a third (36.7 per cent) state that robots have often resulted in job creation within
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Watch This Adorably Cute Toddler Mistake a Water Heater for a Robot
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Your Next Cute Robot May Be Korean
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Pibo and Cubroid want to give every kid a robot, and they show there’s innovation in Korea beyond LG and Samsung.
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Burger-Flipping Robot Has Its First Day on the Job in California
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Are you at risk from losing your job to automation robots?
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Over 100,000 currently advertised positions are at very high risk of being obsolete by 2035, according to new data released by jobs search engine Adzuna. Drivers, receptionists and accountants saw the highest number of advertised roles at risk of robots taking over, as driverless cars and automated software for key tasks becomes a reality. Adzuna’s
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The robots are coming – the future of workplace smart tech
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Could Amazon’s Alexa one day replace your PA? Voice technology, smart fridges and mood-sensing robots all featured heavily at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But while these innovations are currently marketed for home consumption, Paul David Munnelly, founder and CEO of City Calling predicts that the smart tech we’re seeing today will
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Hyundai Shows Off Wearable Robots to Help Paraplegics, Elderly
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Hyundai’s Medical Exoskeleton (H-MEX) looks like a high-tech back/leg brace combination device, plus forearm crutches.
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Rise of the robots – Will machines take over your profession?
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In a speech to Liverpool University last night, Bank of England chief Mark Carney estimated that up to 15 million of the current jobs in Britain could be done by automated robots over time, with whole professions—including accounting—eliminated. John Williams, head of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) UK, thinks that Mr Carney is
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This Robot May Be Perfect for Lazy People Who Hate Cooking
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A U.K.-based startup has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a machine with arms that learns recipes.
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Lowe's Introduces LoweBot, a New Autonomous In-Store Robot
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The LoweBot speaks multiple languages, and will be deployed to 11 stores to help guide home improvers to find items in store.