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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Tanmay Puri

Meet The 50 Robots That Replaced More Than 1,000 Factory Workers At General Motors

General Motors Brought In 50 Robots And More Than 1,000 Workers Lost Their Jobs (Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

General Motors has rolled out 50 collaborative robots at its Factory Zero plant in Michigan, in a move that has quickly become one of the clearest examples of how automation is reshaping factory work in the US.

The robots, known as cobots, have been introduced as part of GM's effort to modernise production and bring more advanced technology into its manufacturing operations. But the change has come with a high cost for workers at the site.

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