News China November 11 2013

Robots, Intelligent Machines and The Future of Work

November 11, 2013 | China

Globalization | Labor

Skilled Work, Without the Worker

Indutrial Robots

Robots on the rise in China

Paul Sakuma/Associated Press

by John Markoff | NYTimes111

All told, the factory in the Netherlands has several dozen workers per shift, about a tenth as many as the plant in the Chinese city of Zhuhai.

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Illustration: Adolfo Arranz

by Victoria Ruan | South China Morning Post

With wages rising on the mainland and cheaper foreign competition increasing, automated workers are replacing humans. By next year, China will surpass other countries to become the top market for robots worldwide.

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