Business Automation and Its Effect on the Labor Force

Index

• A
• abacus, 29
• accelerometer, 24
• accommodation and food services industry
  • automation in, 91–103
  • automation timeline, 140, 141
  • automats, 96
  • autonomous mobile robots, 99–100
  • cafeterias, 97
  • collaborative robots (co-bots), 99, 101, 141
  • e-commerce systems, 99
  • energy consumption and, 100–101
  • fast food restaurants, 98
  • food preparation and delivery, 96–98
  • forecasting of technological systems, 101
  • fully automated restaurants, 98
  • future technologies in, 98–101
  • hospitality in, 91–92
  • human worker demand in, 92–93
  • HVAC systems, 100–101, 141
  • impact of automation on labor, 102–103, 148, 148, 154
  • industry description, 91–92
  • job changes in, 102–103
  • keys and locks, 94–96, 100
  • kiosk systems, 98
  • occupancy sensors, 101
  • past technologies in, 94–98
  • retention ...