Why people hate humanoid robots (opens in new tab)

At Cooper’s Brewery in Adelaide, the largest family-owned brewing business in Australia, forklifts glide around the sizable factory floor. With ease, they shelve boxes of lagers and ales. But nobody is at the wheel. In fact, there isn’t a wheel at all. Or a seat. These forklifts are automated guided vehicles (AGVs), a pretty old form of robotics that uses lasers, floor markers or other navigation systems to follow pre-planned paths.