U.S. companies put record number of robots to work in 2018

- U.S. companies installed more robots last year than ever before, as cheaper and more flexible machines put them within reach of businesses of all sizes and in more corners of the economy beyond their traditional foothold in car plants.

Shipments increased in every sector the group tracks, except automotive, where carmakers cut back after finishing a major round of tooling up for new truck models. Bob Doyle, vice president of the Association for Advancing Automation, said automation is moving far beyond its traditional foothold in auto assembly plants and other large manufacturers into warehouses and smaller factories.

wait, i thought it wa a $15 minimum wage that was putting workers out of work?

Coding and robotic repair/maintenance are the current future of humans.

that's why we don't need illegal workers ?

If you can't break the souls of the workers, get workers without souls.

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