Why hire a warehouse worker for $30 per hour when a robot costs $10? JPMorgan expects booming humanoid demand.
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When the cost narrative becomes $30/hour humans vs $10/hour humanoids, CFOs start modeling robots as a labor line item, not capex science projects. If you operate warehouses or light manufacturing, you should be mapping tasks and union/HR implications now so you’re not reacting to a board mandate driven by analyst decks.
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