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To a large degree, automation’s job replacement has occurred out of the public eye, such as in factories, but we could soon find the appearance of smart machines in retail outlets — see Business Develops More Cashierless Stores. Doubtless the number of human workers may seem excessive to business owners looking to save money by […] December 28th, 2019 | Category: replacing workers with smart machines | Tags: Amazon, automation, cashier, delivery robot, drone, job displacement, LoweBot, Pepper robot, retail robot, robot, shelf-stocking robot, Starship Technologies, Walmart |  Email This Post |  Print This Post Automation designers have a two-fer human job killer on the drawing boards — a combo self-driving van equipped with a separate robot that can deliver customers’ order mail-order boxes right to the door. The robot hops out of the van, grabs the package and carries it to the delivery point, even managing several stairs. […] May 25th, 2019 | Category: replacing workers with smart machines | Tags: Agility Robotics, automation, Bureau of Labor Statistics, delivery robot, delivery truck driver, Digit robot, Ford, home delivery, low-skilled immigrants, replacing workers, self-driving van | Email This Post | Print This Post We’ve seen small autonomous shipping vehicles for a couple years now, like the Starship company’s model which has been tested in cities like Austin and Washington DC. So the new model from Fed-Ex is interesting in that it represents a tech advance by surmounting one modest step in the video below, but nothing more […] March 17th, 2019 | Category: replacing workers with smart machines | Tags: automation, delivery robot, Fed-Ex, job loss, robot, Starship robot, Starship Technologies, technological unemployment, technology | Email This Post | Print This Post |
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