Autonomous Truck Yard Has More Robots Than Human Workers

The Great Panic of 2020, aka pandemic, has driven robot automation to new levels because of worker shortages. What some are saying were “nightmarish jobs”, were jobs nonetheless and provided a living for now-displaced workers. With increasing use of robots, Universal Basic Income is seen as the only way to assuage the new class of unemployables. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor Patrick Wood

By: Matt Bloom via CPR News

In a truck yard the size of a football field several miles north of Denver, a fleet of robotic trucks ferry semi-trailers between assigned spots and warehouse doors for 16 hours each day. A few humans keep watch.

Zach Moss is a 37-year-old former truck driver who now spends much of his 8-hour shift at a desk inside a nearby warehouse. There, he queues up moves and watches yard activity on a computer screen as the 80,000 lb. robots outside do his former job.

If something seems off, Moss hits a kill switch. Otherwise, he works on administrative tasks, talks to his human coworkers or grabs a snack.
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