Japanese Robots Being Idled
By Ryan Oakley. Filed in robots |
First the robots took our jobs and now the recession is taking theirs. Japanese industry has been hit hard — production falling by almost 40%– and, all over the country, robots have been unplugged, switched off and left to gather dust. Also suffering are the innovative projects like robot receptionists and home robots.
The companies are trying to protect their human workers by idling their more efficient mechanical workers. It’s commie-humanism at its worst. This radical pro-human agenda can only end in disaster. In the meantime, the government should bail out these robots and reprogram them so they can pan-handle.
Just like GM.
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