Dr. Nasr moved with assured speed as he activated autonomous devices within the total-isolation compartment.

Together, they make up a futuristic workforce where autonomous devices are stepping in to fill human roles.

Construction robots are autonomous devices used to repair and build structures, which developers hope can cut costs and improve site safety.

In this way, ancient spirituality may have primed the Korean people to be more culturally and socially open-minded to autonomous devices than perhaps Westerners.