Robots as Threat to Human Workers  

Five Predictions on humanities jobs in 2010.

Article by Andrew Newell

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concluded in its 2003 Survey of Robotics that the robot is among the world’s most commodity demand. Robot sector demand including industrial plants, science and technology, research, medicine and household chores. The growth rate of sales in 2003 reached 35% in North America, 25% in Europe and 18% in Asia

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in the manufacturing industry have been identified as the number of robots per 10,000 workers .. In the manufacture of motors, can be expected to have a robot as a replacement for the 10 workers. This brings us to the level of competence and accuracy in terms of work done by robots and human workers.

Robots have been used in applications from food to cars. Japan has become a leading country in the use of robots, but in 2003 the United States spent $ 877 million to buy a robot for material handling in the factory. The automotive industry has used flexrobots C for odd jobs and dangerous before, but now even simple tasks such as installation and welding is automated.

industry sectors employing robots

In the food manufacturing and assembly, Robot Adept, could make 75-125 Oreo cookies a few minutes. For service industries, Automated Teller Machines (ATM) has taken over the role of a teller at the bank. In the restaurant, self service check out machines started to become a familiar sight.

On the health care sector, experiments on a robot companion to help parents at home for the aged and the hospital is underway. They are equipped with real time video feeds are transmitted between the patient and doctor nurses

Soon enough warehouse stores will use a radio frequency tag so that robots may drop off or save items .. Carnegie Mellon University prides itself in developing the first robot receptionist. This can feel the movement and greet visitors while Honda’s ASIMO model has been in development to replace the office clerks, leaving humans to perform tasks of supervision and administration.

New robot to pulp and paper mill industry is also being developed. This completely eliminates the need for human labor with precision control and smooth movement. The whole system is currently being used in a paper converter largest operation in North America

A new virtual training system for welders. Has been launched recently, and this will eliminate the training manual and will give a fresh and modern approach to welder. As manufacturing has been concentrated in high end products such as luxury cars, the introduction of this module will increase the number of virtual welding of highly trained professionals in the manufacturing industry.

Stealing Jobs from Man

However, humanoid took over the work of man has become the subject of protests around the world. Luddism movement which started in England supporting an anti automation jobs. Its founder, Ned Lud is known to have destroyed weaving machinery which began to replace human workers. Indeed, it can be concluded that the manufacturing economy will lead to robots and huge lay off replacement workers.

Robotics than outsourcing

Selecting a robot more than outsourcing has also been a dilemma for producers while reducing costs and improving productivity are being considered. Outsourced fasilitas should manufactures abroad Practice account into account the power of work, of protection of intellectual property rights among others. Through robotics, however, reduced labor costs and quality standards maintained. GP

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Nearly everyone I know who got a degree in the Humanities became a teacher – sad to say. Marketing people usually have a Business degree.

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