Jeff Bezos used hi-tech gloves to wield giant robotic arms at last month’s re:MARS conference in Las Vegas. Amazon’s boss believes robots and people can exist together, despite fears they will eradicate humans from the world of work.
“I predict that jobs will get more engaging,” Bezos said last year. “You have to remember, a lot of the jobs today are quite routine.”
Blue Prism, a Warrington technology company valued at about £1.1bn on London’s junior market, is putting that theory into practice.
It helps to automate office workers’ repetitive tasks. By allowing robots to tackle admin such as processing customer orders, workers can get on with more creative and productive work — or so Blue Prism argues. That view has convinced some corporate giants,