Even regulations are keeping up with the robotic takeover of the workplace. In 2016, the ISO realised, while revising its standards for industrial robots, that the rules were becoming obsolete.

Similarly, Google's Alphabet X is working on an 'Everyday Robot Project', for robots to whizz around the office sorting through waste, to make sure that items are trashed in the correct recycling bins.

Some types of spider even make a thin sac that encases the young, like a backpack. In this case, the lighting of the video causes the spiderling eyes to glow green and it’s unclear what motivates the spider’s sac to suddenly burst, but the combination of the two oddities ups the shock factor significantly.

What we call robots, says Venters, is only the most sophisticated technology that we have today, and is no different from the tools of the past. There was never fear that the electric drill could take over the job of a builder, and the same applies to robots, pelo matter how human-like they are.

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"We were always very clear about the fact that we weren't hiring a robot to replace a single employee," says Gilbert.

The human olfactory system uses 400 different types of smell receptors. A given scent might contain hundreds of chemical compounds and, when it passes through the nose, activate roughly 10% of these receptors. Our brains map this information onto a stored database of smells, and we can identify, say, a freshly baked croissant. Various research groups are using machine learning and advanced materials like graphene to replicate this approach in artificial systems. But maybe we should skip smell; the sights and sounds of Paris may suffice.

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At peak hours, a real-life bartender is always at the bar next to the robot; but the technology lets them delegate drinks like a vodka-lemonade, and instead focus on cocktails that require more of a human touch.

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"Take one cell and automate it," von Hollen said. "And then, let others see what happens. We usually see that the person working in the automated cell gets faster and better, and then others start pushing for having access to the same technology."

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Harrison Okene, a 24-year old Nigerian man was a cook on a Chevron Oil tugboat capsized by heavy waves. Though trapped in the ship, Okene survived after getting caught in an air bubble. He lived inside the sunken vessel for three days in the darkness with no food and no water.

Experts are also seeing strain where robots and human manage to work side by side, as people struggle to adjust their patterns and behaviors.