11 Jun 2026
Career & Future — June 11, 2026
Microsoft's AI chief reverses his most famous prediction, employers regret AI-driven layoffs, and what Kiwi workers should do about it.
Industrial
The billion-dollar boring category. Robot arms welding cars, AMRs moving boxes, drones inspecting power lines. This is where the money actually is — and where robots have been quietly working for decades.
Robot Arms
The workhorses of modern manufacturing. KUKA, FANUC, ABB, Yaskawa — the Big Four of industrial robotics.
KUKA German precision. Automotive manufacturing specialist.
FANUC Japanese industrial giant. Yellow arms in every factory.
ABB Robotics Swiss-Swedish. The largest industrial robot manufacturer.
Yaskawa Japanese. Motoman series — welding, painting, handling.
Warehouse & Logistics
Autonomous mobile robots moving goods in warehouses. Amazon, Alibaba, and the automation of fulfilment.
Amazon Robotics 750,000+ AMRs in Amazon fulfilment centres.
Locus Robotics Autonomous mobile robots for pick-and-pack.
China RobotEra 1,000 humanoid robots in logistics at 85% efficiency.
Delivery & Drones
Last-mile delivery robots and autonomous drones. The future of logistics is autonomous.
Delivery drones Wing, Amazon Prime Air, Zipline. Autonomous aerial delivery.
Sidewalk robots Starship, Nuro. Small autonomous delivery on pavements.
Inspection & Spot
Boston Dynamics Spot and autonomous inspection robots in mines, power plants, and offshore platforms.
Boston Dynamics Spot Autonomous inspection robot. Mines, power plants, oil rigs.
ANYmal ETH Zurich spinout. Industrial inspection quadruped.
Industrial Robot News
19 stories 
9 Jun 2026
Daily Career Compass — June 9, 2026
Four critical stories on AI's workforce impact: job prevention, hiring freezes, and the harsh reality of retraining.
8 Jun 2026
Technology & People — June 9, 2026
Four stories on how AI is reshaping trust, accountability, and the relationship between humans and automated systems.
5 Jun 2026
Bots Now Outnumber Humans Online: The Internet's Structural Shift You Can't Ignore
Bots now account for 53% of all web traffic, surpassing humans for the first time. AI-driven traffic grew 187% in 2025, and agentic AI traffic surged 7,851% year-over-year. Here's what changes when machines become the primary internet users.
26 May 2026
Career Compass: May 26, 2026
AI layoffs reach 50K YTD. Dimon says AI is changing the nature of work. Software engineering hiring up 11% — but only for seniors. NZ AI Advisory pilot expands. Xero's no-code AI agents.
19 May 2026
Technology & People — Seven New AI Job Titles, Salesforce Rewrites Roles, Google's Army of Deployers
Claude Evangelist ($240K), vibe coder ($108K), and the new AI job titles nobody had two years ago. Salesforce rewrites roles. Google hires a deployment army. SAP's robots go live.
18 May 2026
Career Compass — May 18, 2026
The AI-driven career shake-up is getting specific. Suleyman put a timeline on desk jobs. The Indian IT market priced in the consulting industry's disruption. SAP just announced the 'Autonomous Enterprise' with AI agents replacing ERP workflows. And governments are hiring AI Officers like it's the new normal.
7 May 2026
Chinese Court Rules AI-Driven Layoffs Unlawful — First Legal Pushback Against Automation Cuts
A Chinese court just told employers they can't blame AI for layoffs. AI adoption is a choice, not an emergency — and that framing changes everything for workers worldwide.
30 Apr 2026
China Just Deployed 1,000 Humanoid Robots at 85% Human Efficiency — and the Rest of the World Is Still Piloting
1,000+ humanoid robots deployed commercially in China, hitting 85% human efficiency in live logistics operations. This isn't a pilot — it's production.
28 Apr 2026
Wall Street's Six Biggest Banks Slash 15,000 Jobs While Profits Hit $47 Billion — AI Is the Culprit
15,000 jobs gone. $47 billion in profits. Six of Wall Street's biggest banks are openly crediting AI for workforce reductions — and the numbers keep climbing.
22 Apr 2026
OpenAI's New Framework: 18% of US Jobs Face High AI Automation Risk
OpenAI's most detailed jobs analysis yet: 921 occupations scored, 18% flagged as high risk, and a framework designed to help governments plan the transition.
20 Apr 2026
UPS Is Cutting 30,000 Jobs — And AI Automation Has Moved Beyond Tech
The world's largest delivery company is shedding 78,000 positions in under a year. AI-driven routing and automated sorting are part of the story — and this time, it's blue-collar workers in the crosshairs.