automation Mesmerizing video: how instant ramen is mass-produced in a factory Popkin

robots Robot uses oversize chopsticks to move boxes around David Pescovitz

robots Robot misidentifies its repairman as a cardboard box and kills him David Pescovitz

facebook Facebook mistakes coding teacher for animal trader, bans him for life with no appeal Mark Frauenfelder

AI IBM announced it would pause hiring and replace 7,800 jobs with AI Mark Frauenfelder

automation Krispy Kreme to deploy robots in factory stores within 18 months Andrew Yi

robots This Japanese restaurant has robot waiters Devin Nealy

automation This law firm employee secretly automated their job and now works 10 minutes a day from home Mark Frauenfelder

robots "If you wanna see the inside of it I'll show to you." Worker interviewed about office robot (1979) Popkin

automation Automating CEOs is more fiscally responsible than automating labor Thom Dunn

robots Sarah "O'" Connor tells the Financial Times why she was wrong about robots. Thom Dunn

automation A tour of Roentgen's 1785 mechanical desk Gareth Branwyn

COVID-19 Quadruped robot patrols sidewalks to urge social distancing David Pescovitz

robots Watch this robotic sheepdog manage a flock David Pescovitz

robots Watch Japan's first robot bartender mix and serve a cocktail Carla Sinclair

Food University installs pizza vending machine in dorm David Pescovitz

lego Watch Lego minifigures being born David Pescovitz

Business Vast majority of truck-driving jobs are not under threat from automation Cory Doctorow

books "The Grand Dark": Kadrey's latest is a noir, dieselpunk masterpiece that's timely as hell Cory Doctorow

class war Stop saying "robots are coming for your job"; start saying "Your boss wants to replace you with a robot" Cory Doctorow