COVID-19 Stimulates Increase in Automation

Ariel Andres
Contributing Writer

Now that reported COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1.4 million worldwide and businesses are trying to fill the gap left by employees, Andrew Yang’s warning of sweeping large-scale automation seems to be knocking at the door sooner than expected.
In hospitals and medical facilities where the dangers of working closely to the infected are especially pronounced, hospital systems have prompted the increased use of service robots. In the place of humans, a variety of drones and robots have begun roaming hospitals and cities to aid with disinfection and basic testing.XAG, a Chinese company that generally produces drones for […]

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