Are Robots Ready For The Jobs Humans Don't Want?

The award-winning robot HUBO has been created to do dirty and dangerous jobs. Its creator, Prof. Jun-Ho Oh, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, says that in time, rather than fear the loss of jobs to robots, we’ll wonder why humans ever did such work.

Jan 26, 2016

The award-winning robot HUBO has been created to do dirty and dangerous jobs. Its creator, Prof. Jun-Ho Oh, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, says that in time, rather than fear the loss of jobs to robots, we’ll wonder why humans ever did such work.

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