You can see it in the biggest labor shift in modern history. In the early 1800s, around 70% of Americans worked on farms.

"We don't automate jobs," food-tech startup Zume CEO Alex Garden said. "We automate boring, dangerous, repetitive tasks." ...

Dorr heads up a research team at San Francisco-based RethinkX, a think-tank that analyzes disruptive technology. The team examined how technology has influenced society through human history, The ...

Robots are increasingly being used in restaurants for tasks like decorating cakes, delivering drinks and answering phones. Proponents argue robots fill vacant positions and increase efficiency, while ...

Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but human psychology and the uncanny valley may stand between them and world domination.

There’s something ominous about robots taking over jobs that humans are suited to do. Maybe you don’t want a job turning a wrench or pushing a broom, but someone does. But then there are the jobs no ...

Each new robot represents the loss of 1.6 manufacturing jobs on average. Robots are estimated to replace about 20 million manufacturing jobs by 2030, according to a new report. The global stock of ...

China has been teaching humanoid robots in its country's decision-making rooms for years. Now they have been taken to a much more practical, albeit dystopian, ...

In a piece written for industry news site Solar Power World, Yeshurun says that as demand for solar installation is rising, “the uncertainty of labor is one of the greatest threats to the industry’s ...

Ory Yoshifuji's Tokyo business employs housebound individuals to operate robots as waitstaff at a cafe and as personal tour ...