David would win against Goliath in an automation faceoff in the U.K. online delivery market.

As FedEx and UPS beef up automation to keep pace with surging e-commerce and a potential threat from Amazon, they’ve been stumped at a crucial stage: loading and unloading trucks.

Almost half of all jobs could be wiped out or radically altered in the next two decades due to automation.

Startup Phantom Auto announced an expansion into logistics, providing remote operation capability for forklifts, delivery robots and “yard truck” tractors that move trailers around warehouses.

Self-driving cars, remote robotic surgery, autonomous weapons — all that and much more is set to be delivered via the 5G wireless network.

Drone technology is enhancing operations, worker productivity, business profitability and more.

The next generation of warehouse robots, security systems, and even autonomous tractors could all be built with this technology.

The former SoftBank Group employee was an early mover into what’s called robotic process automation, the use of software bots to automate repetitive operations.

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