Amazon says it’s a ‘myth’ that robots kill jobs. Here’s the reality | Benjamin Y Fong
The company is sending more packages every year – but with fewer fulfillment center workersStefano La Rovere, director of global robotics, mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon, has the unfortunate task of trying to convince the public that Amazon is not in fact automating away human labor with its robotics deployments.“It is a myth that technology and robots take out jobs,” La Rovere told CNBC last year. He said robots assisted workers “by reducing walking distance between assignments, by taking away repetitive motions, or by helping them to lift heavy weights. In turn, our employees can learn new skills.”Benjamin Y Fong is associate director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University and keeps a newsletter on labor & logistics at ontheseams.substack.com. Continue reading...
The company is sending more packages every year – but with fewer fulfillment center workers
Stefano La Rovere, director of global robotics, mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon, has the unfortunate task of trying to convince the public that Amazon is not in fact automating away human labor with its robotics deployments.
“It is a myth that technology and robots take out jobs,” La Rovere told CNBC last year. He said robots assisted workers “by reducing walking distance between assignments, by taking away repetitive motions, or by helping them to lift heavy weights. In turn, our employees can learn new skills.”
Benjamin Y Fong is associate director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University and keeps a newsletter on labor & logistics at ontheseams.substack.com. Continue reading...
