How are everyday scientific practices influenced by automation and digitalization?

Mundane work can persist or emerge rather than be eliminated following the automation and digitalization of everyday scientific work.

Robots – lounging about?

It was fascinating to observe, over a rather good early morning breakfast, robots at work in a lounge at Manchester Airport.

iCoffee and Social Robots

I punched in my macchiato order to the iPad barista, with the result being a coffee that was probably a bit better than the usual result from the large table-top coffee machine that preceded it.