Роботизация в автомобильной отрасли

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More recently, the automotive industry has been swept by a wave of automation that began in earnest in the 1980s. Automakers installed industrial robots in factories, eliminating many jobs in the process. In North America alone, over half a million automotive industry jobs were lost between 2000 and 2012, in part because of increasing automation.
 

Ну а в 2013 году Детройт стал банкротом...