Robots
Ethics and the rise of the robot
Robots already vacuum our houses and are ubiquitous in manufacturing, but now developers are looking for new uses for their skills. Audio
The human intelligence behind artificial intelligence
A team from Otago University is researching people's legal rights in relation to robots and other forms of artificial intelligence.
Can robots make good judges?
Can robots make good judges? Phil Pennington investigates the crossroads between artificial intelligence and justice. Audio
Getting girls into Robotics
Every year teams of intermediate and high school students from around the world compete in a competition like no other. They build robots that play against each other in a match of skill. The Vex… Audio, Gallery
Part Stingray, Part Robot
It's part robot, part stingray. A bioengineered robot that mimicks the movement of a living stingray using living cells and synthetic materials.
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Technology disrupting traditional business models
New Zealand manufacturers are being advised to prepare and have strategies to cope with the upsetting of traditional business models and processes. Audio
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