Monday 29 June 2015

Our Robot Overlords Aren't Quite Ready For Us — Yet

In the booming field of industrial robotics, the race is on to create a machine that can actually replace human workers. But even with the brightest minds in automation on the project, human-less labor is more science fiction than near future.

On a sweltering afternoon in San Jose, California, in the cafeteria of a brand-new building called the Blue Sky Innovation Center, a robot is making a salad. Specifically, it's making a kale salad with goat cheese, blueberries, and sunflower seeds, partially heating the mixture to lightly melt the cheese.

Brendan Klinkenberg and Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed

Brendan Klinkenberg and Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed


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