Robot tax was presented by Bill Gates. And the goal for robot taxes is to make more time for the human workforce to catch up.

There is a lot online to explain Gates idea, but as you see it's about tax structures more than taxing a robot.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bill...-future-2017-3

https://qz.com/911968/bill-gates-the...uld-pay-taxes/

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Robots are taking human jobs. But Bill Gates believes that governments should tax companies’ use of them, as a way to at least temporarily slow the spread of automation and to fund other types of employment.

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