THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROBOTECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS AND ITS IMPACT ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES SOCIETY
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Keywords: Robot technology, unemployment, United States, automation, job changes.Abstract
The fast development of robot technology within business has changed many types of industries all over the world, improving the level of efficiency and productivity within various industries. However, as Markvan Rijmenam (2023) mentioned this technological advancement has also raised significant concerns regarding its impact on employment within society. The purpose of the article to examine the unemployment rate, sectors likely to be most affected by robotic automation, and the social and economic factors contributing to this phenomenon, using the United States as a case study. These results clearly show that unemployment due to automation has to be reduced through strategic measures (IFR, 2017). This research represents a very important step toward an understanding of how complex technology growth, job changes in the modern world.
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