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Healthcare, hospitality and aviation, among the sectors hardest hit by an ongoing labour crunch amplified by the coronavirus pandemic, are coping with demand in novel ways.
Wheeled robots carry cargo at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), self-service kiosks at Swissotel The Stamford automate check-ins, and electronic kiosks exist at information counters in Changi Airport Terminals 1 and 3.
