More women, More robots, less jobs

Robots funded by the Tokyo government are introduced to a nursing home for the elderly to help counter labor shortages in an increasingly ageing population.

Yoko Ishikura, professor emeritus at Hitotsubashi University, Bo Young Lee, chief diversity and inclusion officer of Uber Ltd., and Akiko Naka, founder and chief executive officer of Wanted, in conversation with Bloomberg Businessweek's Joel Weber at the Bloomberg The Year Ahead summit in Tokyo.

The farm of the future will have a team of small robots instead of the huge tractors and machinery common today, according to a UK agritech startup.

Two pre-teen Nigerian kids have both made robots that can fold clothes and grab nearby objects. They both want to pursue a future in robotics to help people solve their every day problems.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it has a deal in place to create advertising with a firm that uses artificial intelligence to create marketing messages.

Donning high heels and standing on elevated platforms at a dimly lit club, humanoid robots moved their hips as they pole danced in front of their majority male audience on Friday night at Nantes' SC-Club.

Will robots destroy millions of jobs or create them? Human workers don't have to worry just yet, experts said at the Bloomberg Sooner Than You Think conference in Singapore on Sept. 5. CEOs and executives pointed to five attributes workers should have to avoid losing to bots.

Human-like machines: How 'human' should humanoid robots be?

Toyota's latest humanoid robot "T-HR3" is like an avatar that can be controlled remotely by a human operator. The goggle on the operator allows them to envision what the robot is seeing, while they feel what the robot touches through the sensory feedback gloves they wear.

From "flying gondolas" to vibrators, the Consumer Electronics Show offers a chance to showcase the newest and shiniest gadgetry. Kicking off Tuesday in Las Vegas, the show will open against the backdrop of mounting concerns on how data gathered from connected devices can be exploited by marketers, governments and hackers.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games get underway in the last week of July, and here are five robots that will shape what organisers predict would be the most exciting summer Olympics of all-time.⁣⁣⁣

To curb the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, robots have been mobilised in China and parts of the U.S. to perform tasks that will reduce human contact with people already infected with the virus and inform the public about preventive measures to take to avoid getting infected.⁣⁣