Worlds first #Robot pic.twitter.com/GIrZi872EW — BHEEMESH CHOWDARY (@KACHARAGADLA) March 17, 2017 The machines are taking over Not too long ago you might have dismissed the idea of a robot stealing your job as the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore. Companies are increasingly using automations in place of people and experts predict machines will take over the majority of roles within the next 30 years. Here are 30 major firms that have already started replacing their workforce with robots. TESLA Tesla's new $5 billion (£4bn) Gigafactory 1 in the Nevada desert, which is still under construction, will be almost 100% automated in the future. By the third phase of its development, machines will do the vast majority of the work with just a tiny skeleton staff of humans overseeing them. MACY'S Macy's is also getting in on the act with its artificial intelligence-powered virtual bot. The leading department store has just launched Macy'...