Companies in the United States are increasingly beginning to use robots to automate tasks. According to data from the Association for Advancing Automation, shipments of robots increased by 16% from 2017. As companies look to cut labor costs, automation is becoming an attractive solution. Jobs that were done by workers, such as driving forklifts, can now be replaced by machines. Companies are now considering to reduce their labor outsourcing, and may even bring work back to the states despite higher cost US workers.
See "U.S. Companies Put Record Number of Robots to Work in 2018", Timothy Aeppel, New York Times, February 28, 2019