Robots
What is 5G, and how will it change our lives?
5G is coming - what exactly is that, and will it be the revolution telcos would have you believe? Audio
What is 5G, and how will it change our lives?
5G is coming - what exactly is that, and will it be the revolution telcos would have you believe?
AudioWill Browne: The moral and social consequences of A.I.
Victoria University associate professor Will Browne's part of the line up for Techweek 2019 debating what the future might hold in terms of automation, computers and machines in our lives. Audio
Fintech set to flourish in banking sector shakeup
Greater use of technology to deliver financial advice and sell financial products is likely to be another consequence of the shake up of the Australian banking sector. Audio
Richard Baldwin: The globotics upheaval
The globotics upheaval – a combination of globalisation and robotics – is coming, and it's taking jobs with it. Dr Richard Baldwin has written a book looking at the future of work and warns of a… Audio
Story of the day for 28 September 2018
We promised earlier that we would talk about robot lawnmowers. Apparently they are all the rage in Europe, they're like those robot vacuums, Roombas, they loope around your yard trimming the grass. Audio
Don't worry about the robots
Tesla's boss Elon Musk apparently works 120 hours a week. Working on projects for the betterment of human beings. Meanwhile, a Guardian columnist reassuringly tells us not to worry about robots… Audio
Robots and racism: Are robots too white?
Dr Christoph Bartneck from Canterbury University joins us to talk about a new study showing humans have the same racial biases towards robots as they do towards other humans Audio
Robots - Nao and the Bristlebots
A humanoid robot called Nao, and swarms of bio-inspired little robots that behave like social insects, wowed crowds at Dunedin's International Science Festival. Video, Audio
Robots - Nao and the Bristlebots
A humanoid robot called Nao, and swarms of bio-inspired little robots that behave like social insects, wowed crowds at Dunedin's International Science Festival.
Video, AudioOur Changing World for 19 July 2018
A humanoid robot called Nao and tiny bristlebot robots charmed kids at the International Science Festival in Dunedin, and using pyrolosis to make biofuels from sawdust. Audio
Jo Cribb - Don't Worry about The Robots
Automation and digital technology are changing the world of work and threatening to hugely change, or overtake, many traditional jobs and professions. A new book, Don't Worry about the Robots, by Dr… Audio
Insight: Is NZ Ready for Artificial Intelligence?
Join the robots
Artificial Intelligence is already here but it's expected to get better, more superior and more autonomous - but that doesn't mean humans won't be needed alongside the technology. Audio
Robots delivering your room service
The Panel addresses the threat of robots taking over. This time they're delivering room service and other things at hotels. Audio
The human touch - AI & dexterous manipulation
Wave one has come, wave two is hitting us now, but when wave three comes it will be revolutionary! Jeremy Wyatt is a Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Birmingham… Audio
What are humans good for in a world where robots are eating our jobs?
Professor Darl Kolb considers life among the robots in this instalment of the University of Auckland's Raising the Bar event. Audio
Robots could soon take over dangerous forestry jobs
Some of the most dangerous and labour intensive jobs in the primary sector could soon be done by robots.
The future of AI and robotics
The International Robotics Exhibition is underway in Tokyo this week, with 130,000 visitors expected to attend the world's largest robotics fair. This Way Up technology correspondent Peter Griffin's… Audio, Gallery