Please watch the following video (1:48 minutes) on noodle-shaving robots:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGvHxLEhC5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhPHYgUBw4

https://singularityhub.com/2013/04/19/chinese-restaurant-owner-says-robot-noodle-maker-doing-a-good-job/

• What created the incentive for the invention of the robots?
• How do you represent the invention of the robots using a supply curve?
• Explain two ways to read the supply curve for meals with noodles, comparing supply before and after the invention.
• Will robots cause unemployment for workers?
• Which industries do you think have been the most impacted by automation in the past decades? Which ones do you believe are next to be impacted?
• How has automation impacted your life - think about all the things you do now that were not automated in the past?