The future is here as meatpacking company wants to employ robot butchers


NPR: Another industry hopes to replace workers with robots.

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NPR: Another industry hopes to replace workers with robots.

Late this fall JBS, the Brazil-based protein powerhouse, bought a controlling share of Scott Technology, a New Zealand-based robotics firm.

While many manufacturers have gone to automated machines to process and package everything from food to furniture, the beef industry has stubbornly held on to its workers.

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