automation

People are more familiar with self-driving cars than they were a decade ago, but most still want the option of taking the wheel.

While quarterly data was modest — increasing just 0.8% in the first quarter — the longer-term trend shows higher productivity growth.

Mesabi Metallics, an iron ore mine under construction in northern Minnesota, has purchased the largest trucks ever used in the state’s mining industry that are also designed to be operated autonomously. 

Productivity has increased, largely because more jobs are being automated — and AI is expected to speed that transformation.

Many survey respondents said they took items because of affordability concerns, while others stole because they were fed up with the machines.

Rockwell Automation recently announced the construction of a new factory in Wisconsin, while some other manufacturers are hesitant to build new facilities amid uncertainty.

Applying to jobs is easier than ever in some ways, but also more automated and dehumanizing than ever.

Tariffs, automation and labor shortages, all inside a facility that builds trusses — the products that literally hold up your roof.

Cape Town is ranked as the world’s worst-performing port. So what is needed to turn its fortunes around?

Longshoremen and employers have a Jan. 15 deadline to avoid another possible strike. Workers fear automation will take their jobs.