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World Service,27 May 2016,23 mins

The Cobots Are Coming

Tech Life

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How collaborative robots (or "Cobots") might soon be your workmates. We visit the Innorobo exhibition in Paris to see the latest models. And Tom Davenport, co-author of new book "Only Humans Need Apply" on how jobs will change in a robotic future. Plus, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on how he plans to make his company regain its popularity. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with special guest Sabine Hauert, lecturer in robotics at Bristol University and President of Robohub. (Image: humanoid robots at Innorobo, Credit: Peter Page).

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