by dankeelan | Nov 21, 2023 | Jobs, Robots
Recently, United Parcel Service Inc. opened its biggest warehouse, a sprawling 20-acre complex outside of Louisville, Kentucky. By the end of the next year, the massive package handling company intends to outfit the $79 million facility with over 3,000 robots to do...
by dankeelan | Nov 14, 2023 | Jobs, Robots
Robots, in our collective imagination, are objects of fascination and fear. While our inner 5-year-olds marvel at the thought of Transformers or C-3PO in real life, the adult side of us fret over concerns about how robots might affect — or even replace — human jobs....
by dankeelan | Sep 26, 2023 | Jobs, Robots
There is a lot to be said for replacing certain kinds of jobs with robots. Most people would agree that replacing physical human labor with automation is a good thing. It’s especially good to automate the dangerous kinds of labor like some facets of factory work. What...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2023 | Future of Work, Robots
A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with muscular arms made from aerospace-grade aluminum. It then placed the boxes on an assembly line and walked back to the shelf to search for more. The crowd, which had...
by dankeelan | Jul 25, 2023 | Future of Work, Robots
In the heart of Kyoto, Japan, sits the more than 400-year-old Kodai-ji Temple, graced with ornate cherry blossoms, traditional maki-e art—and now a robot priest made from aluminum and silicone. “Mindar,” a robot priest designed to resemble the Buddhist...
by dankeelan | May 2, 2023 | Age, Featured, Robots
A robot takeover has long been the stuff of science fiction, but digitalization could be key in solving Germany’s labor shortage crisis, as its population ages. A record 45.9 million people were employed by Europe’s largest economy in the fourth...
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