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A new JPMorgan research note argues that humanoid robots could fill a large share of unfilled U.S. manufacturing jobs as hourly costs drop below $10
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JPMorgan $JPM expects demand for humanoid robots to surge in U.S. manufacturing, arguing that the economics increasingly favor automation over human labor as the cost of deploying a robot falls below $10 per hour, according to MarketWatch.
The bank's research note, cited by MarketWatch, puts the economic calculation bluntly: at under $10 per hour to operate, a humanoid robot undercuts the roughly $30 hourly cost of a warehouse worker by a significant margin. The note identifies U.S. manufacturing as a sector with substantial unfilled job openings — positions the bank expects humanoid robots to absorb in large numbers.
