The machines are among us.
The pandemic has accelerated the digitization of the economy.
This change is also taking a very concrete form with the arrival of robots in the public space.
They come out of factories and warehouse aisles to come into contact with the public and perform tasks where labor is scarce.
The pandemic has also given rise to new standards, with the need to limit interactions between people but also to fill positions that have remained vacant for too long.
Long accused of being a threat to employment and frowned upon for this reason, can robots relieve stressful sectors?
More and more widespread
In the aisles of a Carrefour hypermarket, a large machine intended for washing the floor slips into the shelves among the customers.
So far, nothing exceptional, except that the driver's seat is unoccupied.
In restaurants in London, Seoul or Tokyo, strange tables with wheels slide between the tables to bring the dishes to the
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