What is special about human beings that cannot be overtaken by robots and artificial intelligence?

1. adaptability, 
2. resilience, 
3. empathy, 
4. compassion, 
5. judgement and discernment,
6. deliberation,
7. conflict resolution,
8.  and the capacity to motivate, mobilise and innovate.

See source: smartcities.osborneclarke.com - Jobs and training in a world of AI and virtual reality.

Not convinced, I am sure even that can be overtaken by robots by imitation if needed.
In every day, there are 1.440 minutes. That means we have 1.440 daily opportunities to have an idea for an invention.

But besides this, in a world of robots some capabilities of humans are not necessary. Old ways are not necessarily best ways.

"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
Albert Einstein

See Leonardo da Vinci for instance, in his days mankind thought his ideas does not work. He noted down  hundreds of genial thoughts. Hundreds of years later the ideas became reality.

SARA (Socially Aware Robot Assistant) at the World Economic Forum, Tianjin, China