• PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Right now Japan is finding easier to have outsourced people operating robots in convenience stores than hiring some local… like, when you add the cost of the robot, its maintenance, and you still have to pay someone to operate it… I also don’t know why.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      That’s pretty interesting. I guess the candidate pool may be close to zero (and highly unreliable) in certain places.