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The Buzz: \u201cThe robots really embody that love-hate relationship we have with technology.\u201d (Daniel H. Wilson) Headline news: \u201cSecurity robot 'in critical condition.\u2019\u201d Say what? It\u2019s true. When Washington D.C. security robot \u201cSteve\u201d took a plunge in a nearby pond, his on-the-job self-drowning accident raised two pivotal questions: Do we really wants robots in the workforce? And which jobs should go to robots versus to humans? In an SAP Digitalist Magazine online survey of more than 1,000 respondents, 60% said they would want robots to help them on the job. And Andra Keay, managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics, says robots are best suited to jobs that fall in the \u201cFour D\u201d categories: dirty, dull, dangerous, deadly. Is it that simple? The experts speak. Kai Goerlich, SAP: \u201cLife finds a way\u201d (Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, 1993 sci-fi film). Gray Scott, Futurist: \u201cEverybody's out there wrestling like a robot\u201d (Hulk Hogan). Join us for Robots at Work: Whose Job Is It Anyway?