The rise of robots is causing burnout and job insecurity among workers with some people reportedly taking drastic, and even violent action against them.

Brits have already been found sabotaging and assaulting them as tensions between human beings and technology skyrocket.

Professor Kai Chi Yam, from the National University of Singapore found that people are feeling threatened by robots even in
industries where they are not being used.

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De Montfort University in Leicester found workers were confusing robots by standing in their way and finding other ways of sabotaging them.

Prof Yam said: “Some economists theorise robots are more likely to take over blue-collar jobs faster than white-collar jobs.

“However, it doesn’t look like robots are taking over that many jobs yet so a lot of these fears are rather subjective.”

He added said: “Most people are overestimating the capabilities of robots and underestimating their own capabilities.”

Psychologists reckon we should remind ourselves of how good we are by saying things like: “I’ve got what it takes,” and “I
believe in my ability to succeed.”

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