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Marketplace Weekend for Friday, July 31, 2015
Jul 31, 2015

Marketplace Weekend for Friday, July 31, 2015

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In this week's show, the economy of personal robots, the job market for drone pilots and the everyday robots that already surround us. Molly Wood, senior tech correspondent, rides in the gunner's seat of a 15,000-pound combat MegaBot and fires its missile launcher. 

Segments From this episode

Life as a busker bot in Hollywood

Jul 31, 2015
He calls himself the Gold Man.

The state of the market for consumer robots

Jul 31, 2015
Take me to your housekeeper.

Autonomous weapons and the eventual robot uprising

Jul 31, 2015
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and others signed a letter to ban, yes, killer bots.

The minimum wage debate

Have you ever lived on the minimum wage in your area? We want to hear your stories.

A giant robot that shoots ... T-shirts?

Jul 31, 2015
Could fighting exoskeletons be the future of sports entertainment?

In this week’s show, the economy of personal robots, the job market for drone pilots and the everyday robots that already surround us. Molly Wood, senior tech correspondent, rides in the gunner’s seat of a 15,000-pound combat MegaBot and fires its missile launcher.