OK computer: why the machine age still needs humans

Tony has worked in the same automotive plant in north-west Ohio, US, for nearly two decades. During that time, he moved from a part-time line associate on the third shift to a line supervisor, where he now oversees 35 general assembly workers. Occasionally, one of his workers will come to him with an article about a nearby Indiana plant that plans full automation, and ask Tony if robots will take their jobs as well. Fortunately, Tony knows the numbers. The International Federation of Robotics projects 250,000 industrial robots will be deployed globally every year.