Singaporean businesses have begun to massively introduce robot assistants due to a shortage of labor. Writes about it Reuters.
From December 2019 to September 2021, the number of foreign workers decreased by 235,700 due to the immigration restrictions imposed against the backdrop of the pandemic, according to the Singapore Ministry of Human Resources. This has accelerated “the pace of adoption and automation of technologies by companies,” the authorities said.
Construction firm Gammon said it has begun using Spot’s four-legged robot to scan areas of dirt and gravel. After checking the progress of work, the data is returned to the control room.
According to Gammon general manager Michael O’Connell, Spot requires only one employee to use, instead of the previously manual two.
“Replacing the need for on-site workforce with autonomous solutions is gaining momentum,” he said.
O’Connell believes that the shortage of employees in the industry, exacerbated by the pandemic, is not going anywhere.
The National Library of Singapore has unveiled two robots that can scan the labels of 100,000 books (about 30% of its collection) a day.
“Employees do not need to read numbers one by one, and this reduces routine and labor-intensive [работы]Li Yi Fuang, assistant director of the library, said.
Robots are also being used to solve customer-related tasks: more than 30 metro stations have devices that prepare coffee for passengers.
However, some users of the services noted a lack of communication with people.
“We always want to have some kind of human contact,” said metro passenger Ashish Kumar.
Recall that in April, Elon Musk said that the Tesla robot business will become more profitable than the automobile business.
In January, researchers reported that by 2040, widespread automation in enterprises will put 12 million Europeans out of work.
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Singaporean businesses have begun to massively introduce robot assistants due to a shortage of labor. Writes about it Reuters.
From December 2019 to September 2021, the number of foreign workers decreased by 235,700 due to the immigration restrictions imposed against the backdrop of the pandemic, according to the Singapore Ministry of Human Resources. This has accelerated “the pace of adoption and automation of technologies by companies,” the authorities said.
Construction firm Gammon said it has begun using Spot’s four-legged robot to scan areas of dirt and gravel. After checking the progress of work, the data is returned to the control room.
According to Gammon general manager Michael O’Connell, Spot requires only one employee to use, instead of the previously manual two.
“Replacing the need for on-site workforce with autonomous solutions is gaining momentum,” he said.
O’Connell believes that the shortage of employees in the industry, exacerbated by the pandemic, is not going anywhere.
The National Library of Singapore has unveiled two robots that can scan the labels of 100,000 books (about 30% of its collection) a day.
“Employees do not need to read numbers one by one, and this reduces routine and labor-intensive [работы]Li Yi Fuang, assistant director of the library, said.
Robots are also being used to solve customer-related tasks: more than 30 metro stations have devices that prepare coffee for passengers.
However, some users of the services noted a lack of communication with people.
“We always want to have some kind of human contact,” said metro passenger Ashish Kumar.
Recall that in April, Elon Musk said that the Tesla robot business will become more profitable than the automobile business.
In January, researchers reported that by 2040, widespread automation in enterprises will put 12 million Europeans out of work.
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