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Could a robot take your part-time job?

December 30, 2008 by Melissa Barber  
Filed under Employment News

In Kingsport, Tenn., ice cream’s being served with a twist. Instead of ordering a cone from the counter, customers can use a touchscreen to create a customized soft-serve ice cream dish—made by a robot.
At Discovery Ice Cream, kids can watch a robotic arm named Puffin put together a concoction the menu describes as “3 layers of [...]