The teaser headline that flashed across the screen when I turned on my iPad said that engineers were close to a breakthrough — developing warehouse robots that can pick up a toy and put it in a box.
Really, a breakthrough?
More like a setback, I thought. Another advance of automation that will eliminate thousands of jobs.The Wall Street Journal reported that several companies are testing such robots in their distribution centers. Robotic “pickers” are 50 percent faster than humans, the paper said. No doubt the engineers will make robots more and more efficient.Thanks to the explosion of online ordering, warehouse […]
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