Japan's Sweet Solution: How AI Is Cooking Up a Labour Shortage Fix The Japanese confectionery industry is facing a severe labour shortage, threatening production lines and leaving sweet tooths without their fix.
To reverse this trend, manufacturers are turning to artificial intelligence.
Juchheim, a Western confectionery company with deep roots in Kobe, has developed a robot named Theo, which can be trained in days to replicate the skills of human craftsmen.