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The Future of Robot Work—Most Interesting Thing in Tech


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As we start to think about new ways of going back to work, and new ways of opening factories back up, companies are starting to think about new ways to integrate robots into the workforce. Maybe there are new ways that machines that didn’t make economic sense before make economic sense now. Maybe they can help clean; or help humans spread out. Maybe instead of replacing jobs, the robots of the future will be the ones who actually let us do our old jobs. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/workers-spread-halt-virus-robots-fill-gaps/.

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