The Steady Rise of Robots in the Workplace

In 1961, General Motors installed Unimate, the first autonomous, preprogrammed robot designed for moving hot metal. Flash forward nearly 60 years and there are few industries that haven’t turned to robotics for one task or another. Robotics innovations have led to machines that are often designed to efficiently complete repetitive tasks that are often dangerous or make it easy for human error to come into play.

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