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In Pictures: Robots that cook, clean, sing and dance

Cooking, learning language and doing the laundry are a few of the human skills demonstrated by.real humanoid bots featured in the National Geographic movie Robots.

In Pictures: Robots that cook, clean, sing and dance
In Pictures: Get your resume past the robots - How to beat HR's mechanical gatekeepers

You have two options when it comes to beating the automated systems that filter resumes: you can go through them, or you can go around them.

In Pictures: Get your resume past the robots - How to beat HR's mechanical gatekeepers
In Pictures: Rise of humanoid robots

From the new Bionic Man to robotic bartenders, machines are looking and acting more human that ever.

In Pictures: Rise of humanoid robots
In Pictures: US military gets fired up over weaponised robots

Check out photos of machine gun-shooting robots at Fort Benning, Georgia.

In Pictures: US military gets fired up over weaponised robots

News about robots

Packing safety intelligence into robots’ AI brains

By James Kobielus | 12 April, 2021 18:20

We’re finding that smart robots don’t necessarily have the common sense needed to keep human beings out of harm’s way.
Quanton adds UiPath to its robotics process automation lineup

By Rob O'Neill | 09 October, 2018 09:32

Quanton said the addition of UiPath will provide wider choice for Kiwi enterprises at a time when demand for RPA is growing fast.
The robots are here: Auckland Airport hires first digital employee

By Rob O'Neill | 08 March, 2018 10:30

Auckland Airport has hired its first digital employee, called Vai, who started work as a virtual biosecurity officer last week.
PwC: 24% of NZ jobs will fall to automation

By By Rob O'Neill | 09 February, 2018 08:45

Nearly a quarter of existing jobs in New Zealand will be automated by the mid 2030s, according to a new report from PwC.
Are workforce robots on the horizon in NZ?

By James Henderson | 28 November, 2017 06:00

Primary sector and manufacturing employees may find themselves with some intriguing new colleagues in the next few years as researchers develop robots.

Features about robots

How dangerous could a hacked robot possibly be?

By Robert McMillan | 08 October, 2009 18:54

It seems like a question ripped from the back of a cheap sci-fi novel: What happens when the robots are turned against us?