Monday, December 29, 2008

Automaton

The price of progress is seen here in the trash collection service of Miami. Last June, my blog showed a typical trash collection operation. The truck was manned by a driver plus two or three men who handled the trash containers. It was then. This is now. The trash container is now standardized and collection is done by a single person driving the truck with automaton arms. For each truck, I see two or three job losses.

Robotic Arms

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