Robot Creep

The robots are coming so we're asking why so many of us fear technological change. Calestous Juma, an internationally recognised authority on the application of science and technology and professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, explains the roots of that fear looking back at the history of technological advancement. Also, Katie Prescott reports from a robotics conference in London and columnist Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times wonders why, despite our distrust of technological change, consumers still happily buy into the latest gadgets.

(Picture: Android named 'Alter' jointly developed Tokyo and Osaka Universities; Credit: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)