automation

Uber Developing Automated VTOL Flying Taxis

Private transportation outfit Uber may already be working on ditching its drivers in favour of self-driving cars, but the company…

8 years ago

Japanese Theme Park to Open “Robot Kingdom”

A Japanese theme park, Huis Ten Bosch have revealed that they plan to open a "robot kingdom" on site in…

9 years ago

Wendy’s to Introduce More Automation to Dodge Paying Minimum Wage

US fast food chain Wendy’s has admitted that, rather than maintain its current staffing levels at the new minimum wage…

9 years ago

Restaurants in China Fires Robot Staff for Incompetence

It seems we shouldn’t worry about automation taking away jobs from us humans just yet, with one restaurant in Guangzhou,…

9 years ago

Microsoft Populates Skype With Helper-Bots

Your Skype chats could just get a little bit smarter thanks to Microsoft's new array of assistive helper-bots. These bots…

9 years ago

Mercedes to Replace Factory Robots with Human Workers

With robot dominating manufacturing processes, and estimates suggesting that automation could make up to half the world’s human population unemployed…

9 years ago

VIA Introduces ARTiGO A600 Smart Automation Control System

Smart homes and general smart automation of all sorts of things is one of the wonderful things about the time…

9 years ago

Japan’s Robot Hotel Has Velociraptor Receptionist

Why open a hotel staffed almost exclusively by robots, with a Velociraptor behind the reception desk? Because Japan, of course.…

9 years ago

Ultimate Showdown: Industrial Robot vs Sword Master

Robots have become the lifeblood of many industries, their speed, accuracy and constant workflow outmatches their human rivals. Though taken…

9 years ago

Bill Gates Warns That the World Isn’t Prepared For the Impact of Automisation

We are approaching the age of automation, a time in which machines, robots, and software will dominate the labour market.…

10 years ago

Robot Serves Customers in Chinese Restaurant

The BBC reports on the news that robots have taken up the positions of the waiters at a restaurant in…

10 years ago

McDonald’s to Introduce Touchscreen Ordering in the US

By the end of 2015, McDonald’s hopes to introduce ‘Create Your Own Taste’ touchscreen ordering kiosks in 2,000 of its…

10 years ago

One Third of UK Jobs to Become Automated

In this post-industrial age, the world's labour market has shifted from machinery making the jobs of people easier and more…

10 years ago

Amazon Announces ‘Echo’ Virtual Assistant & Speaker With Awkward Video

Amazon has announced the 'Amazon Echo' virtual assistant device in an attempt to get into the home automation market. The black…

10 years ago

Total Stranger Takes Control Of Smart House Due To Huge Security Flaw

  Having home automation systems can be cool, you've likely got the basics in place already to have such a…

11 years ago