Category: Automation Impact on Jobs

How Robots Are Becoming a Part of Daily Routines Automation has come a long way from its industrial roots, where massive robotic arms assembled cars and automated systems managed factory floors. Today, robots are gradually weaving themselves into the fabric of our daily lives, helping us accomplish tasks with greater ease and efficiency. While industrial applications of robotics remain important, everyday robots are now finding their way into homes, offices, healthcare facilities, and more. This shift toward more accessible automation is reshaping routines and making previously complex tasks simpler.

In scientific laboratories, for example, a liquid handling robot is used […]

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In today’s fast-paced business world, staying ahead isn’t just about keeping up—it’s about diving deeper, acquiring specialised expertise that gives companies a competitive edge. Interface Microsystems knew this all too well. As automotive tech evolved, the company saw that traditional, broad-based skills weren’t enough. To thrive, they would need to build a workforce with targeted, expert knowledge capable of adapting to new technologies and disruptions.

For Deepti Mehta, chief human resources officer, Interface Microsystems, the need for “expert learning”—focused, high-level training in specific fields—was clear. “In industries where expertise is paramount, such as automotive and aerospace, nurturing specialised knowledge is […]

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An AI-enabled vision system detects an exposed hot dog while inspecting corn dogs at a food processing facility. READ MORE

Machine Learning for Automation & Quality Inspection

Integrated, Centrally-Managed Machine Vision for Built-In Quality AI and Automation Technologies Converge to Simplify Automated Visual Inspection As consumers demand higher-quality goods at steadily increasing volumes, the chief benefits of industrial automation — speed, accuracy, and consistency—become more important to businesses worldwide with each passing day. With processes evolving and manufacturing speeds increasing to meet these demands, turning to industrial automation becomes inevitable.The long-term necessity of deploying automation to […]

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Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / -fizkes-4 As artificial intelligence continues to evolve and integrate into various industries, a new workforce trend has emerged: silent firing. This phenomenon is gaining attention as employees express concerns about job security in an increasingly automated world. What is silent firing?

Silent firing is essentially the opposite of quiet quitting, a trend that gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic. While quiet quitting involves employees doing the bare minimum to avoid termination, silent firing occurs when employers intentionally make work conditions unbearable, hoping that employees will choose to leave voluntarily. This strategy is often employed by […]

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672146a71d67b46f09964866 Dreamstime L 326672990 With more businesses adopting automation technologies designed to operate alongside manually operated vehicles and equipment, the need to orchestrate workflows within a facility has become more challenging. To address this, Sick, a supplier of sensor intelligence technologies, and InOrbit.AI, the supplier of the cloud-based RobOps platform, are collaborating to enhance operational safety and efficiency via the integration of Sick’s Tag-Loc System with InOrbit’s platform.

The Sick Tag-Loc system consists of fixed antennas and low-cost ultra-wideband tags that can be attached to equipment, inventory or workers’ safety gear.

This combination of Sick and InOrbit technologies allows users to […]

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6717ccd244844da744b45643 Dreamstime L 321807046 If there is one technology that’s driving more excitement than artificial intelligence (AI) at the moment, it’s a particular application of AI—humanoid robots. In fact, many industry observers expect that one of the largest transitions in the global labor market is going to happen as a result of the development of a new generation of robots, specifically those in human form-factor. Goldman Sachs, for example, predicts the total addressable market for humanoid robots will reach $38 billion by 2035, with a substantial portion of this growth to come from the use of these robots use […]

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Experts say the role of humanoid robots in the workplace would very much depend on the type of work. 1 Comments

In Flowery Branch, Georgia, an hour’s drive from Atlanta, robots designed to look and move like humans are unpacking and moving boxes in a warehouse run by logistics company GXO.

Standing at five-foot-nine, their hands are metallic pincers capable of lifting 35 pounds, they use electricity in their legs to move up and down, and they go by the name Digit.Developed by Oregon-based Agility Robotics, these robots are human-centric, meaning they are designed to work alongside people, and they […]

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In Homestead, Florida, a farmer named Jeremy Ford has recently transitioned to an automated, solar-powered irrigation system on his two-hectare farm. This new system, designed to periodically water the crops’ roots, has led to substantial water savings. Ford highlights the efficiency of this system as a solution to reducing labor costs without expanding his workforce.

The agricultural sector is increasingly adopting automation to address labor shortages, manage operational costs, and improve working conditions amidst extreme weather conditions. Automation promises enhanced precision in planting, harvesting, and farm management, offering a potential solution to the challenges of climate change in agriculture.

However, the […]

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[Photo: Vladimir/Adobe Stock] Public interest has exploded since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022 . Within two months, it had a record 100 million users, far outpacing the debuts of Google and Facebook. Responses have ranged from fascination at the fast and lucid text it generates to anxiety about its impact on jobs and the future. Almost every day, there are news articles about unexpected uses for ChatGPT , from helping doctors empathize with patients to a $3 trillion-dollar market capitalization for Nvidia, which makes graphics processing units (GPUs) used to train deep learning networks.

After giving a talk, I […]

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