The assimilation of robots into the workforce as peers, not replacements

David Bruemmer is the co-founder, president and CTO of 5D Robotics. One might ask why we would ever want to create robots that can do human work when we have so many people who need jobs. The goal of robotics should not be to replace humans with robots, but rather to improve productivity and safety, removing humans from harm's way and enabling them to focus on things that humans should be doing. We can agree that humans shouldn't be carrying heavy loads, exposing themselves to radiation or finding land mines. What is less clear is the gray area, where the line that divides human and robot competency is becoming blurred.