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Businesses are hiring robots in record numbers

 

Reuters reports that orders for nearly 29,000 robots have been placed since the beginning of 2021. This is almost 40% more than the same period last year.

 

Andy Puzder, the former CEO of Carl's Jr., once said there is no downside to employing robots. They can be paid $0 an hour, and they won't complain, will always try to upsell customers, not get hurt on the job, and won't file any sexual harassment or race discrimination cases against you.

 

It seems like Puzder's shady advice has gained new resonance in America's boardrooms during the historic Great Receipt. Workers are fighting for better pay and working conditions during this historic event. According to data from the Association for Advancing Automation cited Reuters, North American companies have been buying robots at record levels. According to the industry group, orders for nearly 29,000 robots have been placed since 2021. This is almost 40% more than the previous year. 2017 was the second most significant year in terms of sales, with plenty of tech innovation and no pandemic shaking the economy.

 

AI's work ethic and skills are undoubtedly the reason for this sudden interest. Over the past two years, factories all over the country have been able to withstand any disruption that would have occurred if the workforce had been 100% human. This includes worker walkouts and social distancing. Many current human workers quit simultaneously, and companies are having difficulty finding replacements.

 

 

They've probably been playing around with grass-is-greener situations where their factories or warehouses are run automatically by a bunch of machines. However, that's assuming executives can overcome the sticker shock ($1.5 billion for fewer than 30,000 new robot-workers while the U.S.'s latest jobs report lists 10.4 million open positions).

 

For obvious reasons, automakers have bought nearly all the robots for decades. However, Reuters notes that in 2020, combined sales from other sectors outsold the car industry for the first time. This gap will continue to widen in 2021. Orders for robots from auto manufacturers rose 20% to 12,544 units, but those placed by other companies increased by 53% to 16,355 units. This means that carmakers still buy a record number of robots. The only difference is that everyone else seems to be purchasing an even more significant number of them.



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