Minneapolis City Council considers regulating robots rolling around University of Minnesota – The City Council approved a pilot program allowing the robots at the U. Now they’re asking whether robots are stealing jobs.
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-robots-delivering-food-university-of-minnesota/601218661
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>A council committee voted Wednesday to have city staff research the robots and their impact on workers nationwide, and the impact at the U so far. Council Member Robin Wonsley authored the [request](https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCAV2/48793/Autonomous%20Delivery%20and%20Labor%20Impacts%20Staff%20Direction.pdf), which seeks a report by April 9 that includes a “high-level overview of responses from labor organizations on the implementation of food delivery technology.”
>Wonsley said workers have raised concerns, and she wants to ensure this isn’t a “new tech venture coming in an unregulated, untapped market and doing whatever they want and then having to catch up on regulations.”
Oh yeah because struggling college students love walking around in the cold rain to deliver 3 orders of chicken fingers to one stoned out freshman. Shortsighted and dumb to say they’re stealing jobs.
Because they certainly don’t have more important priorities!!JFC
It’s not really worth trying to save dying jobs like this. We want companies investing in robotics whether it’s ground ones or drones for small deliveries. This has long-term benefits of removing vehicles from roads. In the big picture these robotic platforms can integrate into automated warehouses and hubs to move goods lowering costs for consumers. (Which is already being tested by companies).
I do not like the idea of forcing humans to do labor a robot can do