Not a week goes by without some new report, book, or commentary sounding the alarm about technological unemployment and the “future of work.” Yet in considering the threat posed by automation at most levels of the value chain, we should… Continue Reading
In Snohomish, Washington, six Amazon Scout robots have been delivering packages to customers since January. Source: cnbc.com
Recent research has found that one gender is more likely to lose their careers because of a robotic replacement. Source: hrtechnologynews.com
In the most ambitious project to date, the Estonian Ministry of Justice has asked it’s AI team to design a “robot judge”. Source: wired.com
In 2013, the company started an ambitious, flashy effort to create robots. Now, its goals are more modest, but the technology is subtly more advanced. Source: nytimes.com
Municipalities with multiple fields find benefits from adding robots to the grounds crew for the mundane task of line-chalking. Source: roboticsbusinessreview.com
Swedish researchers have developed an AI-powered robot said to be capable of carrying out job interviews without any bias. Source: hrtechnologynews.com
Support robots are already a factor in Japan, where a quarter of the population is already greying. Japan’s government expects the robotic service industry to grow to nearly $4 billion annually by 2035. Source: robotstomorrow.com
Most professional service robots are semi-autonomous or fully autonomous robots that have some mobility and interact with people, usually in a retail, hospitality, healthcare, warehouse or fulfillment setting. Source: roboticstomorrow.com
The study found that 63% of employees would outsource tasks to a robot given the chance. Source: hrtechnologynews.com