According to a recent report, orders for automated technology and robots have increased by 40 percent in the first quarter of 2022 as businesses seek solutions to ongoing labor shortages. One MIT professor warned: “Automation, if it goes very fast, can destroy a lot of jobs. Ametek Inc. CEO David A. Zapico said that “People want to remove labor,” adding that his automatic equipment company has been “firing on all cylinders” in recent months to fulfill demand.