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School hires robot librarian

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There will soon be a new librarian at work at Valparaiso University. This librarian won't get any days off because it's a robot.

About half the library's collection is being been placed in steel bins, so robotic arms can fetch the books 24 hours a day.

I expect that libraries will begin the process of extinction at some point over the next 20 to 30 years. In the meantime, robots will be able to run the libraries that remain.

This same technology is allowing the automation of warehouses, and will also move into the stockrooms of retail stores to eliminate workers there.