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Algorithms and Automation Will Give Us More Freedom and Control

Daniel Castroinformation Technology And Innovation Foundation
July 08, 2014
Thermostats that automatically adjust the heating and cooling based on a home’s occupancy. Cars that automatically brake to avoid collisions, like when a child runs into the street.
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More Robots = More Jobs

Michael C Anderson Manufacturing Engineering Media
June 13, 2014
A busload of visitors walked into one of the highly automated factories in the compound of FANUC Corp. at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Oshinomura, Yamanashi, Japan. It was the first day of a five-day Open House event in mid-April: By the end of the fifth day, over 4,000 customers will have made the trek here to see the company’s latest innovations in robots, CNCs and robomachines.
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Toyota to Replace Robots With…Humans?

Joel Hans Manufacturing Net
April 15, 2014
In the last few decades, Toyota has been a leader in implementing new technology on the plant floor — everything from robotics to automated processes that can churn out parts safely and far faster than with human interaction — and has succeeded because of that. But now the company seems to be turning back toward craftspeople who spend their days forging crankshafts by hand rather than programming machines to do the same work.
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Want to Avoid Being Replaced by a Robot? Here's What You Need To Know

Greg Satell
March 21, 2014
Ever since 1962, when the first industrial robot was installed on an assembly line at a General Motors plant in New Jersey, machines have been replacing human workers.  In the decades that came after, just about every industry became automated to a greater or lesser extent.
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