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Companies Work to Roll Out Self-Driving Cars

On Friday, Fox had a short segment on its Special Report show about self-driving cars and how they are coming on strong. A Carnegie-Mellon scientist opined that full automation would take eight to ten years — perhaps, but the major business players would like to get there faster.

Below, Waymo self-driving cars from the Google company […]

Self-Driving Waymo Company Purchases Upscale Models

If you thought the recent death caused by a self-driving car in Arizona would stop the industry’s rush toward moving the technology into full public use, you would be wrong. From big corporations to smaller start-ups, major investments have been made to make automated cars a part of future travel, so the competition for market […]

Experts: Self-Driving Technology Apparently Failed in Arizona Death

The initial sales pitch behind self-driving cars was that they would be safer than human-driven vehicles — and indeed, more than 35,000 died in the US from automotive crashes in 2015, so there is enormous room for improvement.

The technology promised enhanced awareness powered by an array of sensors tracking the roadway environment. An Uber company […]

Walmart Introduces Shelf-Scanning Robots for Inventory and Stocking

It’s good to see the new troops in the upcoming robot revolution appearing in the local Walmart where the public can see directly how the workplace is changing. The new machine is an automated shelf-scanner that scoots along the aisles to check on supply and correct pricing.

Store inventory is a good fit for a robot […]

Tucker Carlson Warns about the Effects of Globalization and Automation on American Men

Tucker Carlson has been doing a series about men in his show and how economic forces in America have pushed them down for decades with destructive social effects. He does a good job of describing the causes, specifically noting immigration, automation and the competition of cheap foreign manufacturing. The best thing about his essay is […]

Burger-Flipping Robot Now Works in a Restaurant Chain

Automation is increasingly coming to a burger joint near you. Companies like McDonald’s have already begun adding kiosks for ordering. Now we are seeing robots with moving parts like Flippy working the grill.

A year ago, Greg Creed, the CEO of Yum Brands (which include Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell), opined “I do believe that […]

California Opens Its Roads to True Self-driving Cars

The training wheels are off in America’s biggest car state — on April 2 there will be no safety human in the driver’s seat of autonomous automobiles. It shows how the self-driving competition for market share is heating up. Waymo (the Google car) got approval from Arizona to operate as a ride-hailing business there a […]

Senator Cotton Observes That Automation May Lessen the Need for Immigrant Workers

Here’s some good news and some bad news in a Washington Post article. First, it’s heartening to learn that Senator Tom Cotton grasps the idea of automation reducing the need for immigrant workers, as tweeted and then reported.

“It can’t simultaneously be true that robots will take all the jobs & that the West […]

Arizona Approves Waymo for Commercial Self-Driving on Its Streets

The self-driving revolution took another step forward recently when the state of Arizona gave the Waymo company a permit to charge customers for its transportation service. The self-driving cars have been tested on Phoenix streets for several months with people riding for free, and the new authorization allows the company to charge customers which puts […]

Automation Is Observed In Baltimore

A recent article in the Baltimore Sun investigated the topic of whether we should fear automation because of job loss. The piece is interesting because it contains a curiously balanced presentation with think tank projections for the future robotization versus current industry deflection with odd reasoning, e.g. “For every robot, you need a robot repair […]

Cotton Harvesting Technology Cuts Labor Costs

A century ago, one of the most miserable jobs was picking cotton in the hot sun. Now cotton farming has become highly automated like much of present-day agriculture. One cutting-edge machine is a John Deere cotton stripper which moves through the fields, picking and processing eight rows of cotton at a time and finally plopping […]

Security Robot Promises Reduced Labor Costs

A version of this video showed on a daytime news show in northern California on Monday:

Interestingly, the company came out with the major selling point of robots, that they are cheaper than human employees who want paychecks, lunch breaks and benefits. The Youtube channel is CGTN, aka China Global Television Network, which may not be […]

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Limits to Growth

Companies Work to Roll Out Self-Driving Cars

Self-Driving Waymo Company Purchases Upscale Models

Experts: Self-Driving Technology Apparently Failed in Arizona Death

Walmart Introduces Shelf-Scanning Robots for Inventory and Stocking

Tucker Carlson Warns about the Effects of Globalization and Automation on American Men

Burger-Flipping Robot Now Works in a Restaurant Chain

California Opens Its Roads to True Self-driving Cars

Senator Cotton Observes That Automation May Lessen the Need for Immigrant Workers

Automation Is Observed In Baltimore

Cotton Harvesting Technology Cuts Labor Costs

Security Robot Promises Reduced Labor Costs

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