Robots? some companies find only humans can do the job

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8 min read . Updated: 09 Nov 2022, 07:42 PM IST Katie Deighton, The Wall Street Journal

Companies have entertained hopes that the growing variety of robots could help them not only weather the worker shortage, but speed up labor-intensive tasks (Photo: ANI) — Companies have entertained hopes that the growing variety of robots could help them not only weather the worker shortage, but speed up labor-intensive tasks (Photo: ANI)

In retail, fast food and delivery, robots with names like Roxo, Rita and Scout have delivered mixed, sometimes quirky results, at costs some companies find too high. In the best of cases, the robots are taking the strain off their human co-workers

Robots are the future. In certain sectors, however, that’s not anytime soon.