Hardware & Technical Rise of the bots

[starman]

Burger-flipping robot begins first shift
Flippy can handle 12 burgers at once, and is destined to replace human fast-food workers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-43292047/burger-flipping-robot-begins-first-shift Because an arm is all you needed.

 

[Patrick_68000]

I can not wait for the pancake launcher robot

 

[Para Handy]

The big question that this piece of technology stimulates is:

"What job can a Media Studies graduate aspire to now?"

 

[Rob At Work]

i want one for home (so long as I don't have to marry it)

 

[starman]

humans have effectively become robots anyways.

 

[the100thmonkey]

humans have effectively become robots anyways.

Only if you do a job that is next in line for automation - most administrative tasks, for instance.

I was talking to a lawyer the other day, paying handsomely for the service I might add, and was thinking to myself that I went into the wrong line of work. Then this thread pops up to remind me that I'll always have in-demand skills and don't have to worry about being a robot ever again.