One in four Wisconsin jobs at high risk in a new age of robotic workers and hyper-automation

One in four Wisconsin jobs at high risk in a new age of robotic workers and hyper-automation

Nalby Varoqua (center), an engineer with Sharp Robotics Business Development, demonstrates a security robot. Sharp is a division of Foxconn Technology Group, one of Asia’s most aggressive adopters of robots and automation. The robot was demonstrated in July 2017 at the Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee. (Photo: Michael Sears, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) When it comes to replacing humans with robots, few companies are as enthusiastic as Foxconn Technology Group.

In its drive to manufacture iPhones, TVs and game consoles at the lowest cost, Foxconn systematically has replaced tens of thousands of inexpensive Chinese workers with even cheaper and more […]

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