Metropolitan Toledo has the highest concentration of industrial robots relative to its work force of anywhere in the country, a good-news, bad-news finding that points to the region’s strong embrace of advanced manufacturing, but also a potential sign that human labor is being replaced by machines.
As part of an upcoming report on disruptive effects of automation, the Brookings Institution set out to pinpoint where the nation’s robotic footholds have been gained. Robots install windows on a Jeep Liberty at the Toledo Assembly Plant in 2011. A recent report by the Brookings Institution indicated that Toledo has the highest concentration […]
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