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  • How one little robot named Baxter could take over the last of America's manufacturing jobs.

  • End in sight.

  • Marketplace's David Brancaccio and his robot dog Wilson drive coast to coast without as much as a "hello" to fellow humans.

  • Sprinkles Cupcakes installs a robotic cupcake ATM.

  • When technology is married with high-skilled jobs, the result can fundamentally change things for the better.

  • If there's one industry where robots have tried and failed so far, it's hospitality — seems humans prefer humans for hotel customer service.

  • David Brancaccio continues his journey across the United States only interacting with machines–at least today some of them were pretty fun.

  • A robot technician at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Plant in southern Indiana talks about working with technology, not against it.

  • Even creative work — like journalism — is up for robotization.

  • Fight it if you want, but the robots are coming. Marketplace’s David Brancaccio is embarking on a deep investigative experiment on how robots are taking over. Plus, what is the Instagrammiest Instagram photo?