Robots
Digital Disruption & the Fourth Industrial Revolution: is New Zealand Ready?
Joanna Mackenzie investigates what New Zealand needs to do to prepare for a future of jobs that don't even exist yet. Video, Audio
Switzerland on the brink of implementing a universal income
This year Bill Gates warned about a loss of existing jobs. He predicts "an excess of labor resources" as robots and AI systems take over. Audio
Robots to be taught how to feel pain
An artificial nervous system aimed at teaching robots how to feel pain is being developed by German researchers. Video
Company replaces 60k human jobs with robots
The future is now. A Chinese manufacturer which supplies parts for Apple has replaced 60,000 human jobs with robots. Audio
The swallowing robot
A soft, swallowing robot that mimics the human oesophagus is being developed as a tool that food technologists could use to design better food for people with swallowing difficulties Audio
MechBass
Bass players have always been dismissed as the boring ones in any band; hidden side of stage, robotically plucking away, overshadowed by the singer and the lead guitarist. Things might just be getting… Audio
AI vs human intelligance
Do humans have any qualities which can't be replicated by artifical intelligence? Audio
Hong Kong man makes female robot
Hong Kong product and graphic designer Ricky Ma has done what so many have dreamed of. He's built a robot modelled on Holywood actor Scarlett Johansen in his spare time on the balcony of his home. Audio
Robots and computers replace humans
John Ballingall of the NZIER talks about the jobs which will replace human beings with robots and computers. Audio
The Future Of Pizza Delivery: DRU The Robot - Don Meij
It looks like the future of pizza delivery could be changing. And New Zealand could become the first country in the world, to test a driverless pizza delivery unit, or robot called DRU. The… Audio
Robotic seals for therapy and company
A colony of 13 robotic seals is changing people's lives at an Auckland retirement village. With Dr Elizabeth Broadbent from the University of Auckland, Orquidea Mortera of Selwyn Village and James… Audio, Gallery
Zuckerberg plans to build AI in 2016
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg plans to build artificial intelligence to help him around the house and with his work.
Rise of the Robots
Martin Ford considers the future of the world's workforce in his book 'The Rise of the Robots' (One World). Audio
Robotic sex
A manufacturer in Japan is warning consumers not to perform a sexual act on its robots. Audio
Robotic surgery
New Zealander Dr Catherine Mohr designs the surgical robots of the future Audio
Half Time: Robots
Will robot workers eventually take over our jobs? With the rise of self-drive cars and trucks it is a possibility. Audio
Scientists warn of killer robots
Leading scientists and researchers are warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons, popularly known as killer robots.
China's manufacturing robots
Martin Ford's the author of "Rise of the Robots" (Basic Books). He thinks that China's reliance on industrial robots could pose some problems for the global economy. Audio
New Technology commentator Erika Pearson
Erika Pearson discusses as the Internet of Things grows, so do the data privacy issues. The security risks for Hospital Devices. Rescue robots. Audio
Being able to talk to a lego robot
He's a fireman, he talks and he's made of Lego. But would you want to have a conversation with him? Audio