Amazon enters the age of robots. What does that mean for its workers?

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People have predicted robots will destroy the labour market, but Amazon believes investment in robotics could create jobsTrapped in a metal cage in a corner of a 350,000 sq ft Amazon warehouse outside Boston last week a lonely yellow robot arm sorted through packages, preparing items to be shipped out to customers who demand ever-faster delivery. Soon it will be joined by others in a development that could mean the end of thousands of jobs and, Amazon argues, the creation of thousands of others.As the robot worked, a screen displayed its progress. It carefully packed a tub of protein powder, n ...

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