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Robots Versus Workers Is No Zero-Sum Game
Robust spending on industrial automation is a nuanced response to labor shortages and innovation.
The robots are coming.
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The US population of industrial robots isn’t growing as robustly as it was during the peak of the post-pandemic labor shortages, but it’s still growing much faster than the ranks of the country’s manufacturing workers.