Robocrop: world's first raspberry-picking robot set to work
I had a summer job picking raspberries on the Isle of Man. It was hard, boring, work. I left after only a few weeks, and got my first programming job (the island had a thriving offshore finance industry and no Manx coders).<p>So I&#x27;m ambivalent about this. On the one hand, awesome that yet another crappy job is being automated. On the other hand, that job literally saved my life - I was homeless and struggling until that opportunity came along, and it lead on to a career that has kept me secure ever since.<p>How do we replace the crappy low-skilled, low-paying jobs that we&#x27;re automating, but that also allow people to stay alive while they sort themselves out?