Robots

Technical progress means self-driving cars are zooming ahead, giving Europe’s city planners and lawmakers a massive headache

More and more jobs are threatened by advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. As the graphs below illustrate, Europe is not prepared for this dislocation

“I do not believe in the mass unemployment scenario,” Andrus Ansip tells industry heads

In Brussels, France and Finland, the challenge automation poses for employment is starting to be taken seriously. But MEPs have rejected a proposal to make owners pay social security for their robots

Technology from one of France’s Grandes Écoles is going towards developing an easy-to-program home robot – with a common touch