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According to Forbes, robot nannies have become hugely popular in Japan and China and are slowly beginning to arrive in the U.S.

Advances in robotics have led to the production of cheaper industrial robots, providing easier access to production line quality machinery for smaller businesses, potentially resulting in fewer jobs for human workers.

As we examine the notion of trusting our vehicles to drive us from point A to point B, many deep philosophical issues come to mind.

A video from China showing a factory floor where dozens of orange robots scuttle around delivering packages with extreme efficiency, removing the need for an army of menial workers, has gone viral.

The CEO of Yum Brands, Greg Creed, recently told CNBC he believes the majority of fast food jobs will by automated by robots within the next ten years.

Due to an shortage of laborers, the Japanese construction market is looking towards robots and drones to fill jobs usually performed by humans.

I thought the grim lesson of the burger-flipping robot was so obvious it barely deserved comment, but comment I did… and soon discovered plenty of people do need this lesson explained to them.

A Californian fast food restaurant has introduced a robot that flips and cooks burgers, replacing human workers at the grill. https://vimeo.com/206666438 The Telegraph reports that the robot, named Flippy, was developed by Miso Robotics and began its first day on the

The e-commerce giant Amazon plans to open a robotic supermarket staffed by only six employees, according to sources.

A Nobel Prize-winning economist claims the rise in robotic technologies present a far greater threat to jobs and future prosperity than that of globalization.

Elon Musk believes we’re headed toward a future of near-complete automation, and with it, a universal wage for the millions left jobless by robotic replacement.

(Reuters) — Swiss voters rejected by a wide margin on Sunday a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living in the wealthy country after an uneasy debate about the future of work at a time of increasing automation.

Business Insider reporter Hollis Johnson says that “The age of the restaurant self-service kiosks has dawned, and it’s the end of fast food as we know it.”

For most Americans, wages simply aren’t rising quickly enough, and that’s blamed for holding back consumer spending and economic growth.

Zoltan Istvan is the most intriguing presidential candidate you’ve never heard of. While those at the forefront of the 2016 race talk about defeating ISIS, Istvan is taking on beating death itself. Recently, I had a chance to talk to him.

The CEO of restaurant chain Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s has revealed his plans to replace employees with fully automated machines as a means to cut the cost of rising minimum wages.

Oxford University researchers postulate roughly half of all American jobs are at risk of automation, and people are starting to believe it: the same study claims that two-thirds of American adults expect automated replacement of a majority of work currently executed by humans within the next fifty years.

There is no doubt left that the robots are coming. Along with the rise of a manufactured source of labor comes the question of benefit. While in the long term robots may take over the most mundane and dangerous occupations, the latest “Economic Report of the President” suggests a much more aggressive trend.

If the Department of Labor continues to make it difficult for companies to hire American workers, Marco Rubio warned, robots would take over key jobs in the economy.

The melancholy truth that America’s leftists, and the young people they exploit for political support, stubbornly refuse to learn is that the true minimum wage is zero. When the cost of labor is increased beyond its true value by government fiat, employers learn to make do with fewer workers.

As West Coast union dockworkers celebrate a tentative agreement for a five-year contract featuring even higher wages and benefits than the current $1,200-per-day, shipping companies intend to introduce new mega-container-ships and port handling equipment that will help automate away many union jobs.