Post By Brenda Walker on 03/19/2015

"Who Needs Unskilled Labor?" Part CLXXXVI: Meet Sawyer the Robot, Baxter's More Precise Cousin

The company that created Baxter, the $25,000 robot designed to do manufacturing jobs 24/7, has come up with a new machine that is smaller and capable of finer movements. So while Baxter can pack boxes ...
Post By Brenda Walker on 03/15/2015

Business Is Thrilled That Automation Raises Productivity, but Doesn't Mind Mass Unemployment

How is an economy supposed to function when human workers are becoming obsolete because of smart machines in the workplace? Leisure time is certainly nice, but humans require money for acquiring goods ...
Post By Brenda Walker on 03/06/2015

Smart Machines Take More White Collar Jobs, So Importing H-1b Workers May Not Be Necessary

Robots have been moving into factories and farms to perform tasks earlier done by human workers. Below, factory robots weld and assemble cars without a human in sight. But machines and software are ge...