Tag: Robots

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Robots will replace 85 million jobs in next five years, but 97 million will be created in tech industries, WEF study

  

  Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates changes in the workplace likely to exaggerate inequalities, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study has found.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 02:26 UTC

  Robots and computers will deeply transform 32% of current jobs, OECD says

  

  Robots and computers threaten 14% of existing jobs over the next 20 years, so countries must retrain workers for a transformed labour market, the OECD warned on Thursday.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  UK tests life-saving chemical detection robots and drones

  

  A new fleet of robots and drones designed to test for chemical agents, provide 3D mapping and identify casualties have been put through their paces by British troops, police officers and scientists for the first time.