Virus Fallout Could Accelerate Europe’s Robot Revolution

(Bloomberg) -- As businesses learn to deal with a post-pandemic world, changing consumer behavior, and rules on social distancing, many may have to adapt faster to automation and digitization. For retailers, that may mean selling more online, for factories, it’s using more machines because of fewer workers on assembly lines. In a survey of European business leaders by EY, more than 80% said the shift to automation technology will probably accelerate because of the impact of the coronavirus.

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