As more robots join the workforce, some say it could bring an ‘upswing in jobs’

As more robots join the workforce, some say it could bring an 'upswing in jobs'

The Seegrid robot is put to work by Bob Zorn, 54, of Crafton Heights, at the Giant Eagle Warehouse in the West End on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Updated 57 minutes ago

Bob Zorn’s coworkers were waiting for him when he started his shift at Giant Eagle’s warehouse in Pittsburgh.

The two blue, autonomous pallet jacks sat idle near the receiving bays. Their stately calm was out of place in the chaos — organized chaos they call it — of the warehouse in Fairywood.Even at shift change, workers on pallet jacks and fork lifts honk as they whiz by. But the […]

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