Robot Workers

General

CGP Grey Explores the Rise of Robotic Workers and What That Means for Humans
Future of AI Robotics and Jobs
Sex Bots, Robo-Maids, and Other Sci-Fi Myths of the Coming Robot Economy

Emergency Services

Firefighting Robot
U.S. Navy unveils robotic firefighter
This Incredible Hospital Robot Is Saving Lives. Also, I Hate It
Health care: Hospitals cut costs with 'creepy' robots

Security

• Microsoft Built a Friggin’ DALEK

Office Robots

• SORA, The Receptionist Robot
• SORA the Secretary is a Robot For Your Office
• Swiss startup that makes lab assistant robots opens Boston office
• Freakishly realistic telemarketing robots are denying they're robots
• Robot Telemarketer Samantha West Isn't a Robot
• Robot-denying telemarketing robot may not actually be a robot

"But the peculiar thing about Samantha West isn’t just that she is automated. It’s that she’s so smartly automated that she’s trained to respond to queries about whether or not she is a robot by telling you she’s a human. I asked Haerich if there is a regulation against robots lying to you.

“I don’t…know…that…,” she said. “That’s one I’ve never been asked before. I’ve never been asked that question. Ever.”

Recording of Samantha West:

Home Robots

• Invasion of the domestic robots

“We have 12 robots in our house,” said Boisdron. “We have a vacuum cleaner robot, we have a floor cleaner robot that washes the floor with vinegar, we have a litter robot for the cat, we have a robot to wash the windows, and we have a robot to cut the grass."

• Dyson's first robot vacuum promises more suction than the competition
• Dyson Releases the Eye, a Robot Vacuum With a 360-Degree Camera | WIRED

Service Industry Robot

• Lowe’s debuts customer service robots in store
• Now on Aisle 3 at Lowe's: Customer Service Robots | NewsFactor Business Report
• A Drug-Dealing Robot That Upends the Pharmacy Model | Design | WIRED
• Meet the Company Designing Robot Bellhops for Hotels | Design | WIRED
• Burger Robot Poised to Disrupt Fast Food Industry
• Industrial cake-decorating robot
• Backed by Google Ventures, the First Robot Hotel Butler Just Reported for Duty
• Robot Butler Rolls Into California Hotel | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
• Don’t be alarmed by that robot delivering a toothbrush to your hotel room - The Washington Post
• Robot Bartender to Set Sail On Cutting-Edge Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship | Singularity HUB
• BoozeBot, A Cocktail-Making Robot That Can Mix Over 4,500 Different Drinks
• BoozeBots - The ultimate automated home cocktail mixer. BoozeBots
• Will pole dancing robots put human strippers out of work?
• The Dancing Stripper Robots Of The Future Are Now Here | So Bad So Good
• You will be 'romancing' robots in 2025, claims study