See Leased Robots Roll in to Help Logistics Firms Handle Holiday Crush: More firms are opting to lease robots to meet demand surges amid a labor shortage by Angus Loten of The WSJ. Excerpts:
"Logistics firms looking for extra help during the holidays are leasing temporary package-handling robots, which can be returned to their manufacturers when online shopping orders cool down after the seasonal rush.
Leased robots, which have grown in popularity across the industry in recent years, can be added to existing fleets of warehouse, distribution and fulfillment center robots at any time to support an anticipated jump in demand, robot vendors say.
The robots are increasingly being used for picking up and sorting packages, receiving and unloading them, moving heavy payloads and replenishing stock shelves, among other automated tasks, they say."
"growing demand for robots in the logistics industry is being driven by a shortage of workers, ongoing supply-chain disruptions and continued momentum from a sharp increase in online shopping triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic."
"Excluding Amazon.com Inc., which is by far the sector’s largest robotics user, there are more than 20,000 logistics robots of all kinds in use today"
One example of structural unemployment is when workers are replaced by machines. But in some cases, machines and robots are being used because firms can't find enough workers, as this article states.
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