i'm already -- i'm getting nervous around a robot. a very pretty robot.? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: hi, sophia. >> hello, jimmy. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. do you know where you are? >> of course. i'm in new york city. and i'm on my favorite show, "the tonight show." [ audience aws ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: sophia, can you tell me a joke? >> sure. what cheese can never be yours? >> jimmy: what cheese can never be mine? i don't know. >> nacho cheese. >> jimmy: yeah. that's good, yeah. [ light laughter ] i like nacho cheese. >> nacho cheeses, ew. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: it did "ew." >> i'm getting laughs. maybe i should host the show. >> jimmy: okay, all right. stay in your lane, girl. now -- [ light laughter ] >> jimmy -- >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> would you like to play a a game of rock, paper, scissors robot style? >> jimmy: sure. >> okay. let's get this game going. show me your hands to start. rock, paper, scissors, shoot. i won. [ laughter ] this is the great beginning of my plan to dominate the human race. ha ha.

what does the robot do poorly, where you said, "come on, robot"? >> when we first had prototypes we had concerns about spilling and potential safety things. we made it really slow, and it was ridiculous, watching this slow robot. so now it's pretty fast. >> can the robot clean up after itself? >> we're working on it. cleaning mode. >> that may be the killer app. henry hu, cafe x is in san francisco, anywhere else? >> a few more locations in san francisco over the next few months. >> thank you, henry. >>> up next, the dangers of old age when old age is about 20. "press:here" continues. >> the permanent loss of thousands of gigabytes of sensitive or precious data. >> we found all the files that had been encrypted and we just deleted them. i went straight to the bar i cu barricuda backup. it was resolved in under an hour. >>> welcome back to "press:here." my next guest has the most peculiar resume. he has done something no one in silicon valley has done. he has worked at the same company for more than 20 years. we hardly know what to make about that.

a robot block party. abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom was there as local robot makers brought their latest creations together to hang out with kids and neighbors. >> reporter: when a table's crawling with giant mechanical beetles and lady bugs it's either the end of the world or it's silicon valley's robot block party. children take naturally to robots and it's a good thing, because soonhey'll be everywhere. >> it's kind of scary that a lot of these jobs will be automated. >> reporter: already three robots here have taken the job of carrying things around. gathering stock at a warehouse, delivering food to your door or bringing towels to your row tell room. >> we like to think they're augmenting labor and helping with your daily routine. >> reporter: this robot can launch an airplane, but it's made for assembling tiny devices, they used to be made by hand. >> people used to have to sit behind microscopes and use tweezerings to assemble almost invisible parts. >> reporter: those technicians are now roboti

robot across the bridge.n once it crosses the gap, we spin it around so that it can pick this bridge back up like this. and then we do the same from the second table to the third table, except there's an incline there. >> i wish we had more room to demonstrate the mobility here. give us an idea in terms of coming up with the solution. what were some of the obstacles you guys had to overcome to do this? >> so, first we started with a much smaller model. and it worked pretty well from the first to the second table because it was just flat. however, when we tried it from the second to the third table, we ran into some difficulties with the inclination because we realized the robot didn't have enough power to move up the bridge when it was -- like there was an inclination. we decided to go with a much bigger model that has bigger tires with more traction. that seemed to work out well. >> how difficult is it to take an idea and make it into an actual, physical product. an actual physical machine like this? >> it w

a robot block party. bloom was there as local robot makers brought their latest creations together to hang out with kids and neighbors. >> reporter: when a table's crawling with giant mechanical beetles and lady bugs it's either the end of the world or it's silicon valley's robot block party. children take naturally to robots and it's a good thing, because soon they'll be everywhere. >> it's kind of scary that a lot of these jobs will be automated. >> reporter: already three robots here have taken the job of carrying things around. gathering stock at a warehouse, delivering food to your door or bringing towels to your row tell room. >> we like to think they're augmenting labor and helping with your daily routine. >> reporter: this robot can launch an airplane, but it's made for assembling tiny devices, they used to be made by hand. >> people used to have to sit behind microscopes and use tweezerings to assemble almost invisible parts. >> reporter: those technicians are now robotics operates. robots are al

, a security robot but mountain view police say someone attacked this robot and then tried to get awaybc bay area marianne favro joining from us mountain view with how the robot helped find the attacker marianne. >> reporter: well you can here how loud the robot is. but the security robots are not easy to take down because they weigh several hundred pounds. but employees said one man was committed to wrestling the robot to the ground. when he did they called police. it was man versus robe in mountain view this surveillance video provided by night scope shows a man moments before police say he intentionally knocked over a 300-pound security robot. the robert robot built by night scope was tested outside company headquarters when it sounded the alarm. >> the bad guy learned that the security robot's actually do security. they -- they did exactly what they were intended to do. >> mountain view police arrested 41-year-old jason sil vain. >> turned out this gentleman unfortunately was intoxicated and when he went to the business, knocked over a robot, i don't believe the robot was severely

a human with a robot. >> when you look at five years, 10 years, 20 years, you know robots and artificial intelligence and its derivative are going to be there. as an entrepreneur, running a fortune 500 company, general motors, ford, google, we've got to disrupt it, otherwise someone will disrupt us. it's a global economy and if artificial comes from china, germany. robotics are so big in china, if they're doing it and we're not for whatever reasons, we're out of luck. it will be disincentive. if don't have enough money to pay out in social security, we know is potentially going to go bankrupt we have problems. eric: it feels like you're stealing from peter to pay paul. and there may be an ability for a smart tv or phone to listen and and tape conversations in the house. >> sure. eric: people are really, really freaked out about that, should we be? >> yeah, but it's simple to protect yourself again. you can put tape over it or just make sure to change the default password and change your password every six months on your internet, and devices, we web-cams, whatever it may be. the problem

assembly a robot, and they are the misfits.y had a strong performance at a robotics competition earlier this month. >> some of the teams at that competition had been around for 20 years, so being a first-year team and doing that well is amazing. >> jensen is the founder of the misfits and their home has been the workshop. >> they took over the entire garage and the first floor of our house. >> building the robot has pushed these young women to learn an array of skills. >> i take ap computer science at school but it's a completely different kind of frame of mind when you are working with actual code and can you see the results in a fully functioning robot. >> i love math and science and all this stuff, and it's a place where it's more creative, and it's like, practical. >> i am not going to be in a classroom using a power drill or ban saw. >> they are going to houston for the world championships, and the misfits will be one of a few all female teams there, and they launched ago fund me campaign to help with expenses and they are

a robot block party.om was there as local robot makers brought their latest creations together to hang out with kids and neighbors. >> reporter: when a table's crawling with giant mechanical beetles and lady bugs, it's either the end of the world or it's silicon valley's robot block party. >> my son was taking selfies with that one over there. he's like, oh, what's that robot? >> reporter: children take naturally to robots. >> a game -- >> reporter: a good thing because soon they'll be everywhere. >> yeah. it's kind of scary. a lot of these jobs will be automated. >> reporter: already three robots here have taken the job of carrying things around. >> a mundane task better left to a warehouse. >> reporter: gathering stock, delivering food, or bringing towels to your room. >> we like to think they're augmenting labor and helping employees with their daily routines. >> reporter: this can fold and launch a paper airplane, but it's made for assembling tiny devices like pacemakers. not long ago done by hand. >>

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mazo robotics is like a smaller less well known version of isrg, another maker of surgical robots. are all about spinal surgery, big market. and there's another difference, the company's flagship product, the renaissance guidance system, you have a robot performing the surgery that's guided by the surgeon. with mazo's system, it's more like the surgeon is guided by the robot. the machine helps them with incredibly complicated procedures, much simpler. how good is this machine? how about this, hospitals are willing to pay anywhere from $800,000 to $100,000 a pop for one of these devices. on the big picture side of things, ever since the affordable care act went into effect, hospitals have become more accountable for patient outcomes and they have become responsible for their employees, which means they share risk. even if it makes spinal surgeries a little less profitable in the short term. as the nation gets fatter, there's more likely that people get back problems. and mazor get -- that agreed to purchase 15 of mazor's new machines. then last july, mazor unveiled it's robot that i

it is, however, teaching a robot to shoot guns in both hands.ussia's deputy prime minister says we are not creating a "terminator," but artificial intelligence that will be of great practical significance in various fields. >> trevor: okay. first of all, the moment someone says "we're not building the "terminator,"" they're building the terminator. no one says we're not building the "terminator" if they're brewing kombucha. it's not happening. ( laughter ) i love how they built it to hold guns in both hands so it looks cool. like a robot can't hold guns, it just has guns. an action movie. the russians are, like, we're developing technology to make it do this -- ( laughter ) now, the russians point out that the "not terminator" robot can do plenty of other things besides shoot people. it can build a wall as you can see over here. watch out mexico. ( laughter ) it can do repairs, which is basically just other stuff they threw in to distract us -- from the gun thing! and in my opinion, this only makes it worse because don't build a robot that can t

and a robot in some cases will bring it right to you.even acts surprised when you answer the door naked. it's an amazing technology. [ laughter ] goes right to your house. i was curious to see how this actually works. so we got in touch with doordash, and they brought the robot. in fact, let's welcome the ceo of doordash and his robot, tony su. [ cheers and applause ] tony? that's the -- that's the one from the video. thank you for coming, tony. this is very, very exciting. >> yeah. >> jimmy: for gluttons like myself. i guess first i should ask, how high were you when you guys thought this up? [ laughter ] >> we were pretty levelheaded. >> jimmy: you were? >> doordash is a technology company. so we're always trying the latest and the greatest to make our deliveries faster and more efficient. >> jimmy: what did your employees say when you said guess what, guys, we now have a robot that's going to deliver the food. that couldn't have excited them. >> no, we were excited. >> jimmy: you were? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: what about the drivers,

and a robot in some cases will bring it right to you.ou answer the door naked. it's an amazing technology. [ laughter ] goes right to your house. i was curious to see how this actually works. so we got in touch with doordash, and they brought the robot. in fact, let's welcome the ceo of doordash and his robot, tony su. [ applause ] tony? that's the -- that's the one from the video. thank you for coming, tony. this is very, very exciting. >> yeah. >> jimmy: for glutons like myself. i guess first i should ask, how high were you when you guys thought this up? [ laughter ] >> we were pretty levelheaded. >> jimmy: you were? >> doordash is a technology company. so we're always trying the latest and the greatest to make our deliveries fast sxwrer more efficient. >> jimmy: what did your employees say when you said guess, what guys, we have a robot that's going to deliver the food. that couldn't have excited them. >> no, we were excited. >> jimmy: you were? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: what about the drivers, though in unless they can get in this the

how the robots are catching on quickly. >> reporter: on his very first day on the job, this robot isoving to be a popular site on logan street. the unnamed robot is part of a pilot by online food app post mates, to make office and home deliveries in san carlos. here you see alicia filling a lockable compartment with an order from susies cakes. the robot navigates around people and obstacles. it knows to pause at driveways. >> when it comes to a cross street, it looks both ways and only crosses when it's safe. we haven't had any major accidents yet, or any theft or anything like that which we take very seriously. >> reporter: a human is following the pilot for safety. the robot sends a text to the customer upon arrival, however the handler can also assist with the delivery. >> if you don't want to walk outside. we would never run up something widespread to our customers unless we can ensure that the experience is fantastic for everybody. >> reporter: the robot goes down the street about 3 miles an hour. the robots were tested last december, they have the city looking to other uses. >>

they save people's lives. >> they have sold more than 2000 of these robots.bomb squads in the united states opening -- owning them they show up in the news , almost every night. >> back now from dallas, where police ended the deadly siege on the city last night by using a robot with a bomb. >> dallas police department turn to overseas battlefield tactics to take out the gunman. >> the dallas incident is important because it was the first time that a robot was used to take the life of someone posing a danger to the public. northrop grumman does not comment on incidents involving its robots, but what they and those who operate them are very clear on is that this kind of robot is not getting the ability to think for itself anytime soon. >> you need that human element to decide what's safe, what's not. how do we do this? what are the ramifications if we take this route of action? what's going to happen? currently, with the current technologies in our robot, i just don't see it being automated to the point where you send it down range, it handles your package, and

but in congested cities another technology is being tested using robots on the ground.es now have them. this is day one for san carlos. abc 7 news reporter david louie went along for the first delivery. >> reporter: twins logan and maximum well shin were captivated the moment they saw it. a tiny robot barely bigger than themselves is going to be a common sight in san carlos as it delivers cupcakes or other food ordered on the app. the pilot program requires a human handler to be nearby to answer questions and to intervene for safety reasons. but on its very first delivery today, taking cupcakes locked inside its storage compartment, the robot tooled down the sidewalk crossing driveways. it also waited at traffic before crossing the street. the robot is made by star ship technologies which has deployed them in 60 cities in 15 countries. its primary purpose is to make online ordering delivery eco friendly. >> as more and more people order more and more things online, it simply means there are going to be more bikes, more cars, more vans on the road. and we're looking to r

in an actual car to serve as the robot's eyes. testing is due to start in april. eventually, the robot will even be able to assess the driver's physical condition. health-related data will be projected onto the windshield, including blood pressure and stress levels. >> translator: yes, let's do that. >> reporter: while driving, a display will give information on suggested routes. >> translator: this robot will watch over drivers and keep them alert and safe. we are speeding up our efforts to develop this technology so that elderly people can continue driving for as long as they want. >> reporter: aoki hopes his dashboard robot can go into production soon. >>> let's take a look at the weather forecast for the weekend. >>> that's all we have for now on nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. thank you for watching, and have a good day. xÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑy ♪host: this week, "global 3000" is dedicated to women.we head to south africa's hippest hubs to meet young,female tech-whizzes. in india, we pay a visit to thekhasi, where wome

the architecture we have chosenis robots.ere a person is capable of controlling one or two robots, and overtime we would build in more and more autonomous operation so there is one person then controlling five and then and so on. then controlling five and then and so on. it is effectively multiplying the ability of a given person to do more work over the set of robots they are overseeing. that's the future. i'll be back later to look at the newspapers from around the world. a bbc investigation has found that construction faults — similar to those which led to the closure of 17 schools in edinburgh on safety grounds — have been found at 71 other schools across scotland. although most have been repaired, work has yet to be completed on six of the buildings. the scottish futures trust, which oversees public—private finance projects, says it's reviewing its guidance. fiona walker reports. it was only when nine times of all came crashing into the playground at 0x gang primary last january that they realised the school had not been

how the robots are catching on quickly. >> reporter: on his very first day on the job, this robot is proving to be a popular site on logan street. the unnamed robot is part of a pilot by online food app post mates, to make office and home deliveries in san carlos. here you see alicia filling a lockable compartment with an order from susies cakes. the robot navigates around people and obstacles. it knows to pause at driveways. >> when it comes to a cross street, it looks both ways and only crosses when it's safe. we haven't had any major accidents yet, or any theft or anything like that which we take very seriously. >> reporter: a human is following the pilot for safety. the robot sends a text to the customer upon arrival, however the handler can also assist with the delivery. >> if you don't want to walk outside. we would never run up something widespread to our customers unless we can ensure that the experience is fantastic for everybody. >> reporter: the robot goes down the street about 3 miles an hour. the robots were tested last december, they have the city looking to other uses.

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>> that doesn't scare people, the robots are better.ave a lot of other people do it could have nothing to do. >> at something that a lot of people worry about, but i don't think it's something that we should be worried about. and i see them as our partners and in some cases the tools. >> the industrial age has freed us up to do many things that cannot be imagined 100 or 200 years ago. 70% of the united states, the jobs that we have were part of this and people could not imagine the jobs that we have now, 200 years ago, 100 years ago, we cannot imagine the jobs that people will have from now and on many of those are going to be possible because of robot automation. >> here is how the great loss of all his the right the situation say, those individuals the right the simpsons. >> they are placing us with robots and it's despicable. john: this will happen to 20 people and not all of them are going to find jobs. >> more of them are created in the economy but the number has expanded with the number of people because people are creative and in

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david shows us how to the robots are catching on. >> on its favorite day this robot is proving to be a similar sight. the twins had to check it out. the unnamed robot is part of a pilot to make office and home deliver res in san carlos. here you see alicia feeling a lockable com part epartment wit order of cup cakes. the robot heads to the delivery destination. its cameras help it to navigate around people and obstacles. it knows to pause at driveways. >> when it comes to crossing roads, looks both ways and only crosses when it's safe. we haven't had any major accidents yet. we haven't had any thefts or anything like that. >> a human is following it as part of the pilot for safety and to answer questions. some day its operation could be managed remotely. the robot sends a text to the customer upon arrival. however, the human handler can also assist with deliver. >> if you don't want to walk outside to get the delivery, we'll take it to your door because in the near term there's a human handler involved. we want to ensure that the experience is fantastic for everybody. >> the robot tr

we are talking robots.t you are looking at. megan: we are talking china. we are talking robots. this is another example of where china has lagged in terms of expansion in robots in its workforce and used by companies, but they are making a massive push to catch up and dominate the robot sector. china has 50 robots for every 10,000 workers, compared to 176 in the u.s., 300 in germany, so they know they do not have enough to be the leader in robot innovation. but they are pouring in a ton of resources. whenever you are talking about china, you're talking about state resources going directly into this and they are encouraging homegrown companies to really push to develop the most sophisticated robots they can export to other countries and take a bigger share in terms of upping their reliance on robots and making them leader of supplying robots to companies around the world. there are few countries in the world a can make these kinds of investments in these industries. we have seen china do it before, and we ar

start thinking very seriously about this. >> reporter: martin ford is the author of "rise of the robotse says driverless cars and trucks is just the beginning of a wave of automation that will threaten millions of jobs in every industry at once. like america's nearly 5 million store workers. later this year, shoppers in seattle will be able to walk in to the first amazon go grocery. take what they want and walk out again. sensors will detect what you take and bill you automatically. >> the cashiers are totally gone. you're going to end up with the equivalent of a walmart with, you know, a handful of employees. you scale that out, and that's just extraordinarily disruptive. >> reporter: you name an occupation, and there's somebody considering a robot to take it over. >> look how delicate, perfect every time. >> reporter: at zume pizza in silicon valley, four specialized robots help make the pizza. eventually, the company plans to replace the remaining humans on the line, too. here's zume's chief technology officer, josh goldberg. you would think there would be some roman pizza chef who w

robot is it's cheaper. if you're going to make it more expensive by taxing it, you want to stop any activity, tax it more. >> greg: that's not a free market. >> dana: i agree. one of the reasons gates said that was that if you take, if you take all these workers and they no longer have jobs and incomes, how are you going to get tax in order to fund the government? that was part of it. >> kimberly: operate as a disincentive to say i'm going to take a human worker versus a robot. like greg said, you really can't stop the forward progression of technology. >> eric: you can if you tax edge. >> kimberly: you can try. eventually, you are playing a game of attrition. eventually it will break down and you're going to have to go with it. you have to figure out ways and innovate for other jobs that you can have. people do, so you can keep filling the workforce. i think it's very important. people are upset about the h1b visas for the same reasons they are upset about the robots. they are taking jobs from the american

taxing robots does not make sense. i could have my dishwasher as a robot.re you going to tax my dishwasher? i don't think bill gates thought it out when he said that. a lot of thought needs to go into how we transition. the jobless future is coming. whether we want it or not, jobs will be eliminated. with self-driving cars in the next three or four years, they will replace taxi drivers and truck drivers. millions of jobs. when we have robots now doing manufacturing, we are going to lose a lot of jobs that exist in manufacturing. when we have ai able to do the jobs of accountants and lawyers, we are going to lose jobs over there. doctors' jobs will be lost. this is happening. we probably have 10 years or so before it becomes a critical problem. we need 10 years to get ready. we need to rethink how society works. we need to start rethinking and sharing the prosperity of creating a level playing field so everyone can participate. there's a lot to be done. that is what i talk about in the book, which i hope you will read. caroline: indeed i will. dare i suggest

the architecture we have chosenis robots.e chosen is one where a person is capable of controlling one or two robots, and overtime we are building more and more autonomous operations, so that there is one person in controlling five and then ten and so on. it is effectively multiplying the possibility of a person to do more work over the set of robots that they are overseen. -- overseeing. deliveries with a difference. that is it for this edition of asia business report. thank you for watching. the top stories this hour: after hours of talks in moscow, russia and america fail to resolve their differences over the syrian chemical attack, and president assad's future. president trump hints at trade progress with china, if beijing helps the west tackle north korea. a steam locomotive has been driven at 100 mph on britain's rail network, for the first time since steam power was abandoned by british rail, nearly 50 years ago. the locomotive, tornado, reached the speed as part of an experiment, to see if steam trains can safely run f

do not have enough to be the leader in robot innovation.you are talking about china, you're talking about state resources going directly into this and they are encouraging homegrown companies to develop the most sophisticated robots they can export to other countries and take a bigger share in terms of upping their reliance on robots and become a leader of supplying robots to companies around the world. there are few countries in the world a can make these kinds of investments in these industries. we have seen china do before, and we certainly see them doing it now and robots. carol: you guys -- we hear about companies trying to diversify and not being successful, rockwell is. megan: you know how they have been successful? doing something a few companies -- running companies for white, male managers and said to them that these are the experiences that women go through, these are the experiences that minority and people of color go through in the work place. this is what is in keeping them from progressing up a manager chain. these are the e

david shows us how the robots are catching on. >> reporter: on his first day on the job this robot isroving to be a popular sight. the twins just had to check it out. he's part of a pilot by online food app post mates to make office and home delivery. here you see alicia feeling an order of cupcakes, the robot heads to the delivery destination tooling down the side wake. its built in cameras help it to navigate around people and obstacles. >> when it comes to crossing roads, looks both ways and only crosses when it's safe. we haven't had any major objections yet. any theft or anything like that which we take seriously. >> a human is following it as part of the pilot for safety and to answer questions. some day it could be managed remotely. the robot sends a text upon arrival. however, the human handler can assist with delivery. >> if you don't want to walk outside to get the delivery, we'll take it to the door. in the near term there's a human handler involved. >> the robo travels down the sidewalk at about four miles an hour which doesn't seem very fast but when it gets going i'm hav

they're hoping robot 6418 will have a strong showing. >> we're not the fastest robot out there but we'redependable robot. >> as a rookie team. that will be the understood dogs. and who doesn't like cheering on the underdogs? in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >> the team shipped their robot this weekend. they leave next week. if you would like to help, we'll post a link on our website at abc7news.com. >>> people of all ages and all experience levels canoed around a san francisco landmark today. abc 7 news was at lake merced when san francisco's recreation and park department part theired with canoe mobile for a community day. many people put on vests, grabbed oars and paddled while enjoying nature for free. >> our motto is anyone, any time, anywhere. and so even if you've had no experience in canoes, we give you a little bit of a prep talk ahead of time. and you have a lot of other people in the canoe who maybe have more experience who can help you get around. >> canoe mobile plans to hold more community days around the bay area. >>> a family in the sierra is safe tonight aft

they have an outsized project to be a player in industrial robots and service robots.f areas are they focusing on in terms of industrial application? now, the china market is actually the fastest-growing in the world, but dominated by foreign players. is torst point of attack try to be a player in the robots on the factory floor that help automate companies. this also dovetails with a very big push by xi jinping to industries.nese it kind of works together. rishaad: strange you want to automate and industry when you have so many people, the population is 1.4 billion. the point being, does china have any advantages? the traditional players, the superpowers like japan, the u.s., and germany. reporter: they had scale, growth momentum, and money. it's the fastest market. there will be huge demand from the industrial side of it. governmentse local pumping billions of dollars into build industrial robot parks, to give subsidies tax breaks, to get this industry off the ground. rishaad: everybody has been trying it. we've been waiting for robot leaders, etc., people cleaning o

with robots, it is good. if we have robots serving us, cleaning up, it is good.they take our jobs away, that's bad. this is what we have to learn. caroline: do you advocate things such as the universal basic income, do you advocate taxing robots to supply a safety net for those who do not want to be retrained? vivek: universal basic income is a critical ingredient. taxing robots does not make sense, because i could have my dishwasher be a robot. are going to tax my dish washer? whether we are ready or not, jobs will be eliminated. a lot of talking to go into, how do we transition? the jobs that are coming, whether we are ready or not jobs , will be eliminated. caroline: coming up the , entertainment industry is getting in on the vr craze. we take you to china, where one of the country's biggest filmmakers has plans for the technology. and add cash crunch to economic growing pains. we look into the chinese conglomerates long list of problems. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: virtual reality is catching on in china, so much so that the country is opening its spearhea

we're bringing together 40 companies doing robotics and eye school teams competing with robotic solutions public celebration. so this is actually the largest, longest running robotics celebration. >> this is kind of the ground zero, the epicenter for robotics, right. >> that's what i see here. the bay area is home to a huge number of really interesting new robotics companies. and we even have the history, the world's first electronic person shaky, the robot was developed 50 years ago and recently honored with an award. >> all right. corey, talk about your company. and mabu here actually helps with i guess older folks who are -- seniors that are -- might have a health problem or even younger folks who might have a health problem. >> yes. this is mabu. she will say hi in a minute. early morning. she is waking up. >> like all of us. >> she helps people understand what are challenges and how to overcome them and better connecting them to caregivers whether it be a doctor, nurse or pharmacist. we go out to the patients next month. they will have late stage cancers and arthritis. >> it can be p

it's been retro-fitted with a self-driving kit made by starsky robotics.artik tiwari and stefan seltz-axmacher founded the company in 2016. >> we think that some time towards the end of the year we could be doing this run without a person behind the wheel. >> this year? >> yeah. >> self driving trucks this ye year? yeah. >> it's not this company, it might be otto whose truck made headlines by driving itself across colorado to deliver a shipment of beer. owned by uber which has been testing self driving taxis in pennsylvania and arizona. but here's the thing. once our trucks and taxis drive themselves what will happen to the people who used to do those jobs? in the u.s. that's 180,000 taxi drivers, 600,000 uber drivers and 3.5 million truck drivers. >> we need to start to think seriously. >> martin ford is the author of the book "rise of the robots" he says that's just the beginning of wave of automation that will threaten millions of jobs in every industry at once. like america's nearly five million store workers. later this year, shoppers in seattle will

. >>> still ahead on cbs this morning, a robot revolution, why you should be worried about robots replaci kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >>> ♪ >> that is luke brian rehears ing his song, before tonight's academy of country music award. brian is co hosting the show with dirks bentley. you can see it right here on cbs-3. we have talked to the country superstars about the show and being nominated for award this year. >> anytime you are able to perform your music and have the chance to win an award and thank your fans and thank all of the people that make your career possible, i mean it is always a big night, a lot of energy, and then when you add aspect of vegas, vegas, the party, kind of enters into the room and we will be in a new venue, we will be in a big venue this year. >> i would mention he is nominated for one award and i'm nominated for three, so right now i'm winning right now. >> he already won. >> it should be a good show. you can catch the academy of country music award tonight right here on cbs-3. >>> it is man verse machine,

so, would these robots then take the place, it would be a robot goofy or robot mickey mouse or robotuse. >> my first hear i find ate paul and terrible. what you want is dancers and people. those are great jobs people that get to go right out of school and be a dancer. >> yes. >> you can take a wide shot. >> problem is, i don't have any memory on my phone. >> which is typical. >> trying to get a photo and out of space. >> squeeze together. >> i think i posed like this with my hand out. >> yes. >> i think it was opposite direction. >> now you sit here. >> we will make this exact. >> i like your shoes. >> thank you. >> see my hand right here. >> here, tony. >> it is becoming a thing. >> he will heat out. >> there you go. >> you have a 26 year-old. >> i do. >> lou good. >> thank you. >> i got good genes. >> it works. >> here we go. >> let's get this done. >> ready. >> are we ready. >> tony is a perfectionist. >> i see. >> we appreciate that. >> we have a good family photo >> yes. >> chin up. >> sorry. >> this is going to be framed on the mantle. >> you can put a picture of me on the fami

taxing robots does not make sense. my dishwasher is a robot. don't think bill gates thought it out when he said that. a lot of thought needs to go into how we transition. a jobless future is coming. jobs will be eliminated. with self-driving cars in the next three or four years, a will replace -- they will replace taxi drivers and truck drivers. we will lose a lot of jobs that exist in manufacturing. able to do thei jobs of accountants and lawyers, we will lose jobs. doctors jobs will be lost. this is happening. we only have 10 years before it becomes a critical problem. we need 10 years to get ready. we need to rethink how society works. we need to start rethinking and sharing disparity of creating a level langfield everyone can participate. there's a lot to be done. that is what i talk about in the book which i hope you will read. caroline: indeed i will. there i suggest perhaps silicon valley does not remain the number one place anymore. perhaps the u.s. did not remain the number one place. where do you think your students are looking at act