Will a lack of trust in robots hold back automation?

A company making horse saddles and another making personal rape alarms highlight how automation brings benefits but also provokes concern

Rebecca Pick wants to ensure that a human eye is closely focused on the first of her personal protection alarms when they are being put together in a factory over the coming months.

Set to launch in June, the Personal Guardian will be a small device that attaches to a bra strap or belt which, when two buttons are pressed, will alert the police to an attack by connecting to the user’s mobile phone.

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