Retailers like Walmart are embracing robots – here's how workers can tell if they'll be replaced
- Written by Beth Humberd, Assistant Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Who needs a worker checking shelves when you have a robot?AP Photo/David J. PhillipWalmart recently said it plans to deploy robots to scan shelves, scrub floors and perform other mundane tasks in its stores as the retail giant seeks to lower labor costs.
While the retail giant did not say which jobs, if any, might be lost as a result, the...
