This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: Automation and jobs in the new normal. Depending on who you ask, AI and automation will either destroy jobs or create new ones. In ...

Robots might not be taking over the world just yet, but they are becoming increasingly popular in our lives. Think about it, they clean our floors, make the products that we use everyday, mow our ...

A lot has happened in the half-year since we caught up with Ayanna Howard, dean of the Ohio State University’s College of Engineering — not all of it good. The broader economic slowdown has been ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the opening of a new first-of-its-kind robotics manufacturing facility in Westborough, Massachusetts. The new facility will expand ...

We are always afraid of change when we are not sure about the outcome. Some people resist automation because they think that jobs will be eliminated and unemployment will rise. Working in the robotics ...

Agility Robotics will soon be able to make 10,000 bipedal humanoid robots per year. When I spoke with Agility CEO Damion Shelton and CTO Melonee Wise onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco ...

For decades, robots have worked alongside humans. In the auto industry, for example, they’ve long been the most precise and reliable welders and painters. Sitting in place and doing the same job, over ...

As robots become more prevalent, demand for mechanical and computer engineers who work on autonomous systems is growing. In fact, it's projected that the number of jobs in the field will grow 9% ...

Advances in technology will absolutely reduce human jobs—this process is already underway, and the logic of our economy and technological advancement make it a sure thing to continue Many of the ...

Despite near-universal agreement that AI and robotics will make huge advances in the coming decade, the experts who participated in this survey are evenly split on the question of what impact those ...

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When roboticist Ayanna Howard was a little girl, she was inspired by TV to pursue a career in science. Growing up in the 1970s, she was particularly captivated by the TV show The Bionic Woman. "I ...