Get App
Download App Scanner
Scan to Download
Advertisement
This Article is From Aug 01, 2017

Human vs Machine: Robots on The Assembly Line

Industrial robots offer the tantalising prospect of a U.S. manufacturing resurgence.

(Bloomberg) -- One of President Donald Trump's biggest priorities is to bring manufacturing jobs home, and advances in industrial automation are making it cheaper and easier to do that. But a plant full of robots requires fewer workers. This week Bloomberg Technology's Alex Webb takes a look at whether these factories of the future could still give a boost to communities in the heartland.

https://megaphone.link/BLM5931480594

Want to hear more? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Pocket Casts for new episodes every week. Decrypted is a podcast that uncovers the hidden projects, quiet rivalries and uncomfortable truths in the global technology industry. 

To contact the authors of this story: Alex Webb in San Francisco at awebb25@bloomberg.net, Brad Stone in San Francisco at bstone12@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Pia Gadkari at pgadkari@bloomberg.net, Liz Smith

Essential Business Intelligence, Sharp Market Insights, Practical Personal Finance Advice, Daily Fuel, Gold and Silver Prices and Latest Stories — On NDTV Profit.

Newsletters

Update Email
to get newsletters straight to your inbox
⚠️ Add your Email ID to receive Newsletters
Note: You will be signed up automatically after adding email

News for You

Set as Trusted Source
on Google Search
Add NDTV Profit As Google Preferred Source
Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com