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Pandemic is pushing robots into retail at unprecedented pace
A new survey illustrates broad acceptance for robots in retail, including these crucial tasks.
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Robotization could reverse progress made to close gender pay gap
Industrial robotization in the workforce is projected to worsen the gender pay gap, according to new research using data from across Europe, signaling that any progress toward closing the gap may be quickly eroded without intervention.
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The Robots Are Coming for Phil in Accounting
The robots are coming. Not to kill you with lasers, or beat you in chess, or even to ferry you around town in a driverless Uber. These robots are here to merge purchase orders into columns J and K of next quarter’s revenue forecast, and transfer customer data from the invoicing software to the Oracle database. They are unassuming software programs with names like “Auxiliobits — DataTable To Json String,” and they are becoming the star employees at many American companies.
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We should be less worried about robots killing jobs than being forced to work like robots
Automation isn't destroying warehouse work, but it is shaping it in challenging ways.
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Welcome to McDonald's. A machine will take your order now
Drive-thrus are a lead generator of fast-food sales during the pandemic, and many chains, like McDonald's are trying to speed up the process by deploying new tech, including artificial intelligence for ordering.
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Robots are disinfecting hotels during the pandemic. It’s the tip of a hospitality revolution.
Major brands are increasingly turning to the world of high-tech disinfection to strengthen their protocols.
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Why You Should Hate Your Job
Do you like your job? Maybe you do, but I think you should reevaluate. At the very least, I think you should be uncomfortable with the fact that you live in a system that compels you to have a job, particularly if that job is neither necessary for your own well-being nor the well-being of others.
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Walmart scrapped plans to let these 6-foot-tall robots check inventory at stores, after reportedly finding that it's simpler to let humans do the job
After a three-year trial that saw Bossa Nova robots rolled out to 500 stores, Walmart has reportedly found that staff can do the job effectively.
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5 reasons NOT to grow your QA department
Honest: There are times when hiring another QA professional isn’t the answer.
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Robot Chicken Butchers, Brought to You by COVID-19
The trend toward robots and computers taking jobs people have held is getting a big push from COVID-19. A human face behind the counter is traditionally a welcome sight, but now people are warier of close contact with strangers. That opens the door to robots taking orders, flipping burgers, even delivering room service meals.
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Pandemic-Fueled Automation Eats Jobs We'll Never Get Back
The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts in the United States, and one of the problems many companies have been facing as a result is how to keep business moving along without putting employees at risk of being infected. As you might expect, one of the ways many businesses are staying operational is by automating tasks that would otherwise be done by humans. Robots, after all, aren’t at risk of dying from COVID-19.
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Tesla Autopilot Will Detect Green Lights and Speed Limit Signs With the Upcoming Update
You can expect Tesla cars to become more efficient at recognizing speed signs using their cameras in the near future. Electrek reported that the carmaker is pushing a new version of its software update that will allow vehicles to visually detect speed limit signs and more.
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5 rules for successful test automation
The key to successful use of test-automation tools is to correctly calibrate expectations: Recognize what the software can do and be equally aware of what it cannot do. That helps you make useful decisions in the most important areas: what can and should be automated, how it should be done, and who should do it.
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The promise of automation — and those who could be left behind
If you squint just right, the immediate future of work looks bright. Despite widespread unemployment during the pandemic — up to 16.3 million in the U.S. as of July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — new jobs, and new types of jobs, are surfing the oncoming wave of robots and automation. These positions are showing up in industries ranging from shipping to trucking, construction, transportation, delivery, health care, and manufacturing.
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The Ever-Accelerating Automation Of Fast Food
In the fast food industry, speed is everything. The concept has never just been about cooking quickly. Players in this competitive space spend huge fortunes every year on optimizing every aspect of the experience, from ordering, to queueing, to cleaning up afterwards. And while fast food restaurants are major employers worldwide, there’s always been a firm eye cast over the gains that automation has to offer.
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The pandemic is speeding up automation, putting jobs in question
Forced to tighten their belts financially by the coronavirus pandemic, businesses are increasingly using software that automates back-office tasks. The technology handles repetitive duties like filling in numbers in a spreadsheet or matching invoice data to payment orders. The idea, of course, is for companies to save money by reducing the number of workers they need to handle clerical work.
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Brick and mortar's best hope? Robots, many now believe
Through a pane of clear plastic, speaking through a mask, a checkout clerk at a grocery chain told my wife she was feeling sick.
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Tyson Turns to Robot Butchers, Spurred by Coronavirus Outbreaks
The pandemic is speeding meatpackers’ shift from human meat cutters to automated ones, but machines can’t yet match people’s ability. While meat processing overall has grown safer in recent years, it remains one of the more hazardous jobs in the U.S. economy.
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As pandemic drags on, interest in automation surges
Today, the U.S. exceeded three million COVID-19 cases and 132,000 deaths. In several states, new hotspots have rolled back plans to reopen businesses. The novel coronavirus has — and will continue — to profoundly impact the way we live and work.
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What is hyper-automation?
Gartner says hyper-automation is one of the top 10 trends of the year – but what the heck is it?
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