http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/maga...robotwarehouse
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Robots are stealing American jobs. In a 76,000-square-foot zone of the 832,000-square-foot Zappos warehouse in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, 72 robotic "drive units" organize and deliver shelves of goods—from argyle socks to handbags. People remain in charge (for now), because it takes human dexterity to pack items into a box for shipping. But the bots still have plenty to do, picking up the slack on boring tasks like shifting inventory.
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More evidence of an imminent massive switch to robotic workforce. Remember this is 2009 tech and these things are already extremely useful. BEFORE recent advancements in energy storage tech sensor tech AI and other important discoveries.
It's amazing to not see more people discussing ways to deal with the switch. Much more seems to be given towards trying to say it wont happen or wont happen for 50-100 years.
Its happening right now!