Robots are affecting jobs in Ohio — and maybe politics, too

WASHINGTON — Robots are playing a bigger role in American manufacturing than ever, and they are spreading rapidly. Yet their impact is playing out differently throughout Ohio.

For example, although Ohio ranks second in the nation for the number of industrial robots in 2015 — 20,415 altogether, according to the Brookings Institution — there are more than three times as many industrial robots on a per-human-worker basis in the Toledo area as in Akron — and as in Cincinnati, Cleveland or Columbus, too.

This has implications for the workforce, for politics and, of course, for the economy. They’re both positive and […]

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