Steve Cousins

Steve Cousins is founder and CEO of Savioke, which develops and deploys autonomous robots that work in human environments to improve people’s lives. Steve was previously president and CEO of robotics incubator Willow Garage.

Steve Cousins

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Robots, jobs and the human fear of change

11:00 am PST • December 3, 2016

When it comes to technology’s impact on the economy, there continues to be concern that robots and other advances will lead to unemployment. But what does history really tell us…

Robots, jobs and the human fear of change