Machine operator Allen Smith

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Machine operator Allen Smith works with robots used to make engine components for Dodge Ram trucks at Hitchiner Manufacturing in Milford in September. Companies are turning to robots to help curb a workforce shortage.

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What’s Working, a series exploring solutions for New Hampshire’s workforce needs, is sponsored by the New Hampshire Solutions Journalism Lab at the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications and is funded by Eversource, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the New Hampshire College & University Council, Northeast Delta Dental and the New Hampshire Coalition for Business and Education.

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