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Chinese jobs 'replaced by robots'

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The electronics manufacturer Foxconn, which produces iPhones, is planning to significantly increase its use of robots in its Chinese factories.

Noel Sharkey, professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at Sheffield University, and David Rowan, editor of Wired magazine, discuss how "our demand for iPods" has a knock-on effect the Chinese worker.


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