Robots are stealing far more jobs than foreign workers, researchers say

Equipment to sort recycled plastic is shown at the Repreve Bottle Processing Center, part of the Unifi textile company in Reidsville, N.C. HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM? American factory production, minus raw materials and some other costs, more than doubled over the same span to $1.91 trillion last year, according to the Commerce Department, which uses 2009 dollars to adjust for inflation For jobs which involve performing predictable physical activities, the researchers say the feasibility of automation is roughly 78 percent. Research shows that the automation of U.S. factories is a much bigger factor than foreign trade in the loss of factory jobs A study at Ball State University's Center for Business and Economic Research last year found that trade accounted for just 13 percent of America's lost factory jobs. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.