Tech firms aim to trigger a robot revolution with video of humans doing housework. Gig workers are paid up to $25 an hour to film themselves doing various tasks.

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

She reviewed Robot-Proof: When Machines Have all the Answers, Build Better People. It's written by American theoretical neuroscientist and artificial intelligence (AI) expert Vivienne Ming, adviser to some of the world's top companies. She's also a mom, concerned about how to robot-proof the kids of the next generation.

Robots that look and move like people are no longer only the domain of science fiction movies like Ex Machina or The Wild Robot. By 2026, several robotics manufacturers had demonstrated very human-like machines — with two arms,