Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...

With many words which are commonly used in everyday vocabulary, we are certain that we have a solid grasp of what they do and do not mean, but is this really true? Take the word ‘robot’ for example, ...

Earlier this year, when a 22-year-old factory worker at a Volkswagen plant in Germany died after being crushed against a metal plate by an assembly machine that mistook him for a car part, most news ...

Some references state that term ‘robot’ was derived from the Czech word ‘robota,’ meaning ‘work,’ while others propose that ‘robota’ actually refers to ‘forced workers’ or ‘slaves.’ Some references ...