Important Innovations

    D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane  ROBOTS TAKING ROBOTS' JOBS                                                                           Source:  South Korean Robots Inexpensive foreign labor has been displacing established workers for years.  Now new, cheaper robots are stealing established robot jobs Here's what we know: South Korea seems to be at the forefront of robot usage, especially in restaurants and logistics providers Now, South Korean robots are being replaced by inexpensive  Chinese  robots The robo-immigrants are not thought to be more advanced than domestic rebots; they are simply cheaper Where is human labor in this  equation;  the South Korean government is reportedly encouraging the transition of low-level manual labor from robots to humans because of cost effectiveness The use of robots particularly in restaurants and logistics industries is seen as making humans more efficient - it's all about botto