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Saudi Arabia became the first country to grant a robot citizenship this week, prompting critics to note the robot may have more rights than women in the country.

As his half-trillion dollar corporation prepares to dive headfirst into the age of artificial employees, Alibaba founder Jack Ma would appreciate it if the millions of potentially displaced workers around the world would set aside what he called “empty worries” about robots.

More than 4,000 Americans were surveyed about the ever-increasing presence of robots in our daily lives, with over 70% expressing concern over robots replacing humans.

Four million British private sector jobs could be replaced by robots within ten years, according to a report.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham claims that intelligent machines will soon replace teachers in the classroom as part of an education revolution that will focus on individualized learning approaches.

Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan has claimed that a “big number” of his employees will be replaced by robots eventually.

While Rice University Professor of Computer Science Moshe Y. Vardi and other experts suggest that few jobs are safe from automation, not many actual workers seem to be concerned.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank’s humanoid robot “Pepper” – a Buddhist priest for hire at funerals.

Robot bricklayers and exoskeletons are the “future of construction,” according to a new report.

The American economy is being held back by stalled wages, but rising wages are boosting Japan’s robots-and-no-immigration economy, says the editor of a globalist publication owned by progressives billionaire Mike Bloomberg.

Sex robots are being made to look like customers’ dead wives in an effort to combat grief, according to a report.

In one of the strangest examples of automation to date, China claims it has been successful in cleaning up court dockets using a swarm of little robot attorneys.

Kalashnikov, the Russian weapons manufacturer behind the most effective killing machine in history, has stepped into the future of warfare, announcing its development of autonomous AI-controlled combat robots.

General Paul Selva issued a warning to lawmakers about allowing the military to advance artificial intelligence-powered weapons systems for use in warfare.

President Donald Trump intervened directly this week when a group of young girls from Afghanistan were unable to enter the country to compete in a US robotics contest.

A new report from the Foundation for Responsible Robotics considers the problems that could arise from sex robots, including social isolation, love, prostitution, and pedophilia.

An automated crab-cutting robot could save jobs in Canada, after the crabs were previously sent to be dismembered abroad, according to a report.

Based out of Silicon Valley, Zume Pizza uses robots to produce freshly-baked, artisanal pizza. With their new van, which contains on-board ovens, they can deliver their pizza to customers as quickly as four minutes after it was ordered.

A robot has been programmed to iron your clothes by using a camera to create a “hi-res 3D representation” of the creases.

Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov claimed people need to embrace the replacement of jobs by robots and start focusing on tasks that they can’t perform.

Momentum Machines have raised $18 million for their robot-powered restaurant, which includes a robot that can produce over 400 hamburgers per hour.

Lieutenant Governor of California and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to fight the technology that’s replacing human jobs around America, according to The Guardian.

A new robot preacher allows users to receive automated blessings in different languages before it beams light from its hands.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes that “it’s time to go back to the moon, but this time to stay” in permanent lunar cities.

The world’s first “operational RoboCop” has been unveiled in Dubai, allowing citizens to pay fines, report crimes, and contact police headquarters.

Popular venture capitalist and Google China founder Kai-Fu Lee claimed that artificial intelligence “will probably replace 50 percent of human jobs,” during an interview with CNBC.

President Donald Trump’s new agriculture sector is reportedly threatening to reverse the recent high-tech, high-wage productivity improvements in the nation’s food sector.

An upcoming $15,000 sex robot from RealDoll powered by artificial intelligence can talk and learn according to a report by The Guardian.

A wave of wandering security robots have started to replace traditional security guards around the United States, with a number of the robots soon to be placed in malls around New York.

Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma claimed this weekend that a robot “will likely be on the cover of Time Magazine as the best CEO,” in 30 years.

(Reuters) — Japanese automakers are looking beyond the industry trend to develop self-driving cars and turning their attention to robots to help keep the country’s rapidly graying society on the move.

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.

A Chinese engineer has reportedly “married” a robot that he created last year after becoming frustrated with his failure at finding a human girlfriend.

The Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders is using robots to both study and treat children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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.

According to a new report by the consulting firm Accenture, human bank tellers are on their way out.