Working with robots
Bustling with sleek machinery and high-powered computers, the factory floor looks nothing like it did decades ago. But human workers are far from obsolete.
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A robotic conveyor uses laser guides to sort through storage at industrial automation company Festo's distribution facility in Mason, Ohio.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo)In the American workplace, machines are no longer relegated to manual labor. High-powered computers and robots are increasingly taking over more complicated tasks — f)
Workers operate packaging stations that feed into an expansive system of conveyor belts connecting separate factory areas at a Festo distribution center, in Mason, Ohio.
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An assembly line laborer works across from a collaborative robot at Stihl Inc.'s manufacturing facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo)But human work is far from obsolete. A 2013 study found just 5 percent of all jobs can be completely automated away. And while automation replaces certain kinds of jo)
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A worker operates a collaborative robot at Stihl Inc.
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An 18-year-old apprentice at Stihl Inc. trains to become a "mechatronics technician," a job that requires both engineering and computer skills.
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A robotic arm with a high-intensity blowtorch is remotely operated at the General Electric Aviation plant in Evendale, Ohio.
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Festo distribution center in Mason, Ohio
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An employee works on a factory floor at a Stihl Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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