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A giant robotic arm loads pallets full of chainsaws prepared for shipping at the Stihl Inc. production plant in Virginia Beach, Va.
The Italian job: Part II
Workers wash and dry chopped lettuce at a Taylor Farms processing plant in Salinas, California on September 10, 2019. In recent years, the company has started incorporating automation in its facility.
Global Nation Education
How immigrant workers are preparing for automation in agriculture
Automation
Jobs
Meet LoweBot, a customer-service robot here to give you ‘superpowers’
A robot helper at work.
Business
Almost half of what we do at work could be automated by 2055
Technology
How advances in automation will change the future of work
Google self-driving car
Technology
Automation in our jobs is both a blessing and a curse
Robot with a face
Business
Could technology replace you at work and put wealth in the hands of the few?
Environment
China, U.S. to seek way to end production, use of climate change causing HFCs
Business, Economics and Jobs
Turn off your air conditioner
Dollars and Change in Myanmar
Beating the Heat