The jobs that have been overtaken by robots
Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky
We wonder what the world will look like in the next few decades?!
As a working person, do you honestly think that your job is secure?
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According to Lovemoney, experts predict that many existing roles will be automated within the next 30 years.
Below is a look at the jobs that robots are already starting to make their own:
1. Cleaner
At the recent Beijing Winter Olympics, robotic cleaners were seen washing floors, wiping counters, and spraying sanitiser alongside their human colleagues.
A robotic vacuum cleaner is already common in homes around the globe. It's only a matter of time until all cleaning jobs are exclusively staffed by machines.
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2. Being a Chef
Moley Robotics, a London-based start-up, has invented a 100% automated, intelligent robot chef.
According to IOL, it is billed as 'the world's first robotic kitchen'.
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The cooking automation can whip up gourmet meals and even clean up after itself.
Best of all, it can follow pretty much any recipe, precisely mimicking your favourite Michelin-starred chef or cookery writer.
3. Hospital administrator
Hospital admin staff play a key role in organising complex employee schedules and juggling patient beds, but their jobs could become obsolete.
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have already trialled a robot that can organise nurses' schedules and source beds for patients.
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