Marvin, Winston, Nida, Steve, Kastor, Jack, Jill, Boris, and Evie have started work at AA Insurance - but the company will also employ 40 humans in the next month. Brian May, Technical Operations Manager at AAI, said the Robots are "employed" to make existing staff member's jobs easier and more enjoyable - not to replace them. "To provide some context, we estimate it would have taken 36 staff members to complete the work Marvin did within the same timeframe," May said. "Without Marvin, those staff members would have been taken away from helping our customers directly during a time when they needed us most." May said the feedback from staff members about their robot teammates had been positive.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 06, 2021 02:49 UTC