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Robot-Proof Jobs

The coming age of robo-everything

by David Brancaccio
Apr 3, 2017
How will robots change our economy? One futurist argues it'll be as transformational as electricity.
"Technology is probably the most important force already, and that's going to become even more true in the future," says author Martin Ford.
GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images
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Are autonomous robots the future of mall security?

by Molly Wood
Jan 12, 2017
One company's plan to use robots to fight crime.
Knightscope robot security guards. 
Courtesy Katie Long
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Full interview: 'Westworld' creators on sentient robots

by Molly Wood
Dec 27, 2016
The creators of the HBO show "Westworld" on artificial intelligence and how close we are to robots that feel.
A look inside "Westworld."
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Los Angeles is still the largest manufacturing hub in the country, but it lacks a skilled labor force

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Oct 28, 2016
Goldbrecht Systems USA makes over-sized windows and advanced sliding glass doors in Culver City, CA.
Goldbrecht Systems USA employee Sonny Gonzalez prepares to cut a sheet of glass.
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A hot industry for job seekers? Try robot maintenance.

by Molly Wood
Jul 5, 2016
Automation is increasing — but who repairs the robots when they break down?
Technician Larry Slape went through an industrial maintenance program 10 years ago, and now works at the Anheuser-Busch brewery outside Atlanta to maintain the plant’s advanced machinery.” 
Elly Yu
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Rise of the Chat Bot

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 11, 2016
Chatbots are becoming more available and more ubiquitous.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at last year's F8 summit in San Francisco, California.  
Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
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Final Note

Robots are taking over Taco Bell

by Molly Wood
Apr 7, 2016
Okay maybe not, but they might be taking jobs
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Making robots human

by Donna Tam
Mar 3, 2016
A team of students at Cornell University creates a material that can stretch six times its size, make smartphone screens flexible and make robots seem more like people.
A screenshot from a Disney video clip of "Big Hero 6,"a movie featuring a friendly health care robot named Baymax.
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We're a little too willing to take orders from robots

by Molly Wood
Mar 1, 2016
A new experiment showed people had no problem doing what robots told them to do
Georgia Tech researchers built the “Rescue Robot” to determine whether or not building occupants would trust a robot designed to help them evacuate a high-rise in case of fire or other emergency.  
Rob Felt/Georgia Tech
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The orderly zipping around the hospital may be a robot

by Jenny Gold
Feb 23, 2016
At UCSF hospital, robots drop off meals, pick up trash and save money
A hospital robot, called a Tug, enters the kitchen of the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco.
Heidi de Marco/KHN
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