EghtesadOnline: My daughter had been hounding me for days to mail Santa Claus her Christmas list, but I kept putting it off. Then this week, she had a change of heart and told me it’s OK if we wait until the last minute, because “most of the toys are made by machines, and the elves just have to turn them on.”

EghtesadOnline: Fears that robots will eliminate your job are unfounded with a growing number of employers planning to increase or maintain headcount as a result of automation , staffing company Manpower Group said in a survey published on Friday.

EghtesadOnline: American technology companies are bringing automation and robotics to the age-old task of battling mosquitoes in a bid to halt the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne maladies worldwide.

EghtesadOnline: As robots come to dominate manufacturing, and automation eats its way into more business processes, societies are beginning to address the future of work for humans. Another issue -- for the power industry in particular -- is whether programmable machines might also significantly increase electricity use.

EghtesadOnline: Don't fear the robots. While new technologies are giving rise to a "jobs gap" – or a mismatch between the jobs people want and the ones that are available – they're also affording new opportunities for workers, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. argues in a new report.