Robots

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

Do humans have any qualities which can't be replicated by artifical intelligence? Audio

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

John Ballingall of the NZIER talks about the jobs which will replace human beings with robots and computers. Audio

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

Martin Ford considers the future of the world's workforce in his book 'The Rise of the Robots' (One World). Audio

A manufacturer in Japan is warning consumers not to perform a sexual act on its robots. Audio

New Zealander Dr Catherine Mohr designs the surgical robots of the future Audio

Will robot workers eventually take over our jobs? With the rise of self-drive cars and trucks it is a possibility. Audio

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

Erika Pearson discusses as the Internet of Things grows, so do the data privacy issues. The security risks for Hospital Devices. Rescue robots. Audio

He's a fireman, he talks and he's made of Lego. But would you want to have a conversation with him? Audio

Science news with Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists. A gene for pain is discovered, and a robot that can adapt to injury and even walk with a limp! Audio

Mary Wareham is Human Right Watch arms advocacy director and the global coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Last month she attended a United Nation's conference on autonomous weapons -… Audio

A leading roboticist says killer robots could actually save lives. Professor Ronald Arkin, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, is in New Zealand giving talks on how he says, using robots in… Audio

Training robots to see more like humans. Syed Saud Naqvi, a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington, is working on an algorithm under the supervision of Will Browne, an associate professor in… Audio

If you think you have a hard time teaching your family how to stack the dishwasher - just be greatful they're not robots. Scientists at Birmingham University are trying to teach their robot Boris how… Audio