Industrial robots make people feel worse about their jobs and themselves. • The Register

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Robots may make companies more productive, as some studies have suggested, but they make people feel that their jobs have less meaning.

Researchers with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and Colorado State University in the US recently looked into the impact of robotic automation on workers' sense of well-being and motivation. They found that the adoption of industrial robots takes a mental toll on workers – more so for those with repetitive jobs and less so for those with non-routine responsibilities.