New ‘cobot’ robots kill some jobs, create others

When Shelley Fellows of AIS Technology Group sees robots, she sees a budding high-tech industry, not job losses. (John Chan)

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Rosie Simone

February 24, 2020 05:00 AM

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first piece of a two-part report examining robots in Canada’s auto industry. You can read the second part here.

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