{"id":110243,"date":"2020-07-20T21:44:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T04:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/how-demand-for-robots-and-automation-accelerated-during-the-pandemic"},"modified":"2020-07-20T21:44:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T04:44:20","slug":"how-demand-for-robots-and-automation-accelerated-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/how-demand-for-robots-and-automation-accelerated-during-the-pandemic","title":{"rendered":"How demand for robots and automation accelerated during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-demand-for-robots-and-automation-accelerated-during-the-pandemic2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\"><p>The pandemic has accelerated demand for robots and automation. Robots have been regulated to marketing jobs, receptionist duties, and companionship for the elderly. But they\u2019re really starting to come into their own and have practical use. Let\u2019s take a look at how.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Supermarkets started to adopt robots to free up employees who previously spent time taking inventory to focus on disinfecting and sanitizing surfaces and processing deliveries to keep shelves stocked.<\/p>\n<p>These retailers insist the robots are augmenting the work of employees, not replacing them. But as panic buying stops and sales decline in the recession, companies may no longer have a need for these workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has accelerated demand for robots and automation. Robots have been regulated to marketing jobs, receptionist duties, and companionship for the elderly. But they\u2019re really starting to come into their own and have practical use. Let\u2019s take a look at how. Supermarkets started to adopt robots to free up employees who previously spent time [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1878,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-employment","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}