The rise of the robots

  • 📰 TheEconomist
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 6 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 6%
  • Publisher: 92%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, can robots help with labour shortages?

ROBOTS ARE GETTING better and cheaper—and that means they will play a much larger role in our lives. They are already reaching beyond the car plants and warehouses, where they have become commonplace, to turn their mechanised hands to making cocktails and cooking chicken.

Sign up for our new weekly newsletter dissecting the big themes in markets, business and the economy at

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

TomLeeDevlin Robots can't make babies and humans can't live forever. So, ageing population is still an issue..

It means human blue collar and white collar workers are no longer needed. And these redundant human workers can not find new jobs like they did in previous industry revolutions.

so everything goes according to plan👌🏽

They cannot replace humans.. maybe in mechanical operations but not as skilled labour.

sick people elderly care

We would be freed up to become astronauts and travel 🧳💗

Where’s my Pina Colada?🤖🍸

Artificially Intelligent.

Do we think maintenance for robots is really less than paying a person? I don’t know why I am think about McFlurry machines right now…

Nothing good!

I doubt robots will replace a master chef, but line cooks are another matter.

The future is here... AI & Robots

TomLeeDevlin Birdyword alice_fulwood The prime minister of Pakistan is only Imran Khan ImranKhanPTI and no one else

TomLeeDevlin Birdyword alice_fulwood Yes and then they can finish the job all by themselves .

They’re very efficient strike busters to be sure

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Leeds robot grocery delivery service extendedThe trial in Leeds will continue after positive feedback from residents, the council says. Man try this in Toronto, They be on the side of the road gutted and spray painted. What would be awesome is if the robots were owned by the human predecessor delivery drivers. The humans have been promoted to new, better positions! 🙂 Saw one of these. I felt a lot of parental responsibility towards it. It was out on its own in the dark !!
Source: BBCLookNorth - 🏆 37. / 67 Read more »

Humanoid robot takes a turn as a Mark's store clerkHumanoid robot takes a retail job, but not one any store clerk wants to do
Source: TheRegister - 🏆 67. / 61 Read more »

Vogue’s Five-Minute Fashion Month Debrief: Paris EditionCatch up on everything that went down at the Paris shows, from runway cameos to robot dogs.
Source: BritishVogue - 🏆 14. / 80 Read more »

Microsoft insists Game Pass prices ‘will not increase as a result of Activision merger’ | VGCMicrosoft has sought to dismiss suggestions that it could raise Xbox Game Pass prices should its $69 billion merger with Activision Blizzard be approved. AndyPlaytonic They said they wouldn’t increase the price of their games, which they did. They also said the console price wouldn’t be increased, which they also did. Even if they raise prices it will still be worth it…$10 is a steal…insane to think it should stay the same not surprised every thing is going up
Source: VGC_News - 🏆 125. / 51 Read more »

Childcare: Full-time nursery for under-twos nearly £15k a year, says reportCosts rise by 5.9% in a year in Great Britain while availability drops, a report finds. Good More like the Conservatives have spent £20bn quid on illegal economic migrants RishiSunak pritipatel SuellaBraverman Brexit traitors Why is this news? Carers need a living wage, care ratios are fixed and the care location needs to be paid for. Journalist probably suggesting government should pay (like with everything else)
Source: BBCNews - 🏆 3. / 97 Read more »

Childcare: Full-time nursery for under-twos nearly £15k a year, says reportIn inner London, disproportionately higher nursery fees amount to more than half of the average full-time wage. Been the case for many years across the country. Women should not be forced financially to give up their careers I paid for extra childcare using my benefits, it was almost £1200 for about one month & a half. Universal credit then pays back 85% £15k? Bargain. We pay £25k.
Source: BBCLondonNews - 🏆 115. / 51 Read more »