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06/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

China bank uses robots to replace tellers with the goal to eventually become completely staffless

China, a country that has no shortage of manpower, has decided to open its first ever bank branch with robot tellers instead of human ones. In an EJ Insight article, the branch in question plans to transition into a staff-less facility. To enter the robot branch of the China Construction Bank (CCB), a customer swipes […]

05/21/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Singaporean scientists develop a robot that can assemble an IKEA chair in under 20 minutes

Many people loathe the mere idea of putting together IKEA furniture, much less actually going through the lengthy assembling process. So Singaporean researchers designed a robot that could take over the task of assembling cheap flat-packed furniture from Sweden, an article in Reuters stated. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) research team took three years to […]

06/29/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

It’s true: Whole Foods to fire humans and replace them with robots under new owner Jeff Bezos

In a move that might not come as much of a surprise, Whole Foods’ new owner Jeff Bezos is expected to do away with human employees and replace them with robots. The 13.7 million deal that gave Bezos control over Whole Foods could ultimately hurt American workers. According to company documents reviewed before the Whole Foods […]

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