Robot Suits Will Help Bank Employees Deliver Heavy Cash Stacks | WSJ

by Adriana Hamacher

11 May 2015

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Robots are starting to turn up in Japanese bank branches to greet customers, and now they’re getting ready for service behind the scenes to help older employees lift heavy stacks of cash.

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Adriana Hamacher Associate Editor at Robohub and the UK's Knowledge Transfer Network and a contributor to Economist Insights

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