This may be strange for this world, but let’s accept the reality. Robots are here to stay, even if they are fired from the job.
One of the first robotic assistants to be used by a UK store was fired after a week because it was found to put off customers. Fabio was initially welcomed by staff when he began work at the upmarket Margiotta store in Edinburgh last week.
Developed by academics at Heriot-Watt University and filmed by BBC’s ‘Robots and Us’, Fabio greeted shoppers with cheerful high fives and offered food samples.