Visitors are watching a robot make marshmallows at the 2023 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on December 6, 2023. PHOTO | AFP In the early stages of the digital revolution, the most apparent impact was on manufacturing jobs. Automation, spearheaded by robotics and computerisation, began replacing human labour in tasks that required precision and repetitiveness. This shift was driven by the need for increased efficiency, cost reduction and error minimisation.
In the automotive sector, for instance, robots revolutionised assembly lines. An example is General Motors (GM), where robots were employed for welding and painting tasks, significantly […]
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