The pandemic has left millions of Americans unemployed – including many in the
hospitality industry, which has seen a rise in the adoption of new tech
They can check you in and deliver orange juice to your hotel room, answer your questions about a missing package, whip up sushi and pack up thousands of subscription boxes. And, perhaps most importantly, they are completely immune to Covid-19. While people have had a hard time in the coronavirus pandemic, robots are having a moment.
The Covid-19 pandemic has left millions of Americans unemployed – disproportionately those in the service industries where women and people of color make up the largest share of the labor force. In October, 11 million people were unemployed[1] in the US, compared with about 6 million people who were without a job during the same time last year.
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