Who Would Have Thunk: Robots Retreat, EVs Stall, and Frackers Strike Back
Who would have thunk it a few years ago?
The robot boom that many people thought would grow and grow and displace millions of workers has ebbed.
Certainly robots have proved their worth with some jobs in manufacturing. The dull task of loading and unloading parts is perfect for robots, but now many of those jobs have already been replaced. Industrial jobs as a whole are down now with new machines having peaked in the period after the Covid pandemic.