Is Stagecoach's driverless bus trial one step closer to an automated workforce?

With an increased number of robotics and technology being used in the workplace, it is quite possible that the future of work is set to be an automated one. But the question is, is it starting to take its toll already?

Earlier this week, international transport group Stagecoach became the first company in the UK to trial a full-sized driverless bus.

Stagecoach have said that this single-decker bus will run autonomously in its depots until transporting passengers is legalised.

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Sam Greer, bus engineering director of Stagecoach UK, says in an interview with The Guardian that this project “could, in time, help improve safety and efficiency within our depots, and over the longer term, help transform bus travel in the future”.