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Robotics Jobs In The Food Industry

If the number of companies hiring robotics engineers and experts is going up, aren't the prospects for robot chefs and robot waitresses improving?

The proportion of food manufacturers hiring for robotics-related positions rose slightly in April year-on-year, according to analysis of industry hiring trends.

Some 22.1% of the companies monitored by GlobalData were recruiting for at least one such position last month, the data and analytics group said.

(Via Just-Food.)

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