This humanoid robot could help with labor gaps, its developers say – The company, Hexagon, says AEON will start work later this year in live industrial settings, testing its ability to complement the workforce.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/humanoid-robot-could-help-labor-144426629.html
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“AEON is our latest humanoid robot. It’s quite special for us. It’s the sixth generation that we have in the last two years…”
That’s Arnaud Robert, the President of Hexagon’s Robotics division.
He says AEON is meant to fill a gap in the workforce.
“We’re seeing a labor shortage actually in many industries, automotive, transportation and so on, where the older generation is going into retirement. The middle generation is not interested in those tasks anymore and the younger generation for sure wants to do other things.”
Is there really a labor shortage? I’d like to see that!
‘Complement the workforce’ is just corporate speak for ‘replace workers gradually so people don’t panic immediately.’