Post By Brenda Walker on 05/31/2014

More Automation Is on the Way in Service Jobs and Manufacturing

The Saturday morning business chatterboxes on Fox had an interesting chat about how demands for a higher minimum wage will only drive employers to more use of automation. (A robot burger-flipper alread...
Post By Brenda Walker on 05/24/2014

Illegals Can Be Replaced: UBR-1 Robot Is Designed to Work Alongside Humans

Don’t worry, little human, robot designers are concerned with making the working environment comfy regarding the machine-people interface. That’s the message from the producers of the UBR-1 robot, the ...
Post By Brenda Walker on 05/13/2014

Manufacturing Is Returning to US, but Automation Means Fewer Hires

Tuesday’s LA Times front page featured an employment story with an upbeat headline: “U.S. jobs return as offshoring ebbs.”But you don’t have to read far to see that the number of returning jobs is seri...