From baristas to inspectors: Singapore's robot workforce plugs labour gaps - TODAY

SINGAPORE — After struggling to find staff during the pandemic, businesses in Singapore have increasingly turned to deploying robots to help carry out a range of tasks, from surveying construction sites to scanning library bookshelves.

Meanwhile, Singapore's National Library has introduced two shelf-reading robots that can scan labels on 100,000 books, or about 30 per cent of its collection, per day. "Staff need not read the call … [+961 chars]

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