Robots to take over 20m jobs by 2030: study

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• New Apple lab uses robots to rip apart devices for recycling materials

  “Daisy,” an Apple-built robot will tear apart iPhones at the rate of 1.2 million per year

• Meeting Sophia

  Experts who have reviewed the robot’s open-source code state that Sophia is best categorized as a chatbot with a face

• Amazon is working on device to 'read human emotions': report

  The device will be in the category of a health and wellness product