Robotics Industry
A Robotics Industry is an Industry that produces robotic products.
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- See: Industrial Robot, Service Robot, Robotics Engineering Discipline, Artificial Intelligence Industry.
References
2011
- (Gorle & Clive, 2011) ⇒ Peter Gorle, and Andrew Clive. (2011). “Positive Impact of Industrial Robots on Employment.” In:
- Overall paid employment has risen in most countries. In the six considered here, only Japan has seen a decline.
This is driven by increasing participation of women, and increases in population, including immigration in some cases. It is also caused by the increasing demand for services, and the creation of completely new products and markets, often related to the application of electronics to communication.
The statistics mainly point to reduction in employment in manufacturing in the developed countries, but this is often a small reduction. It coincides with an increase in output and an increase in robotics use except in the case of Japan.
The extra number that have gained employment in the years 2000 to 2008 is far greater than the small numbers losing their jobs in manufacturing.
The new jobs have been in: 1) distribution and services, Some of the distribution jobs are the result of manufacturers outsourcing their distribution. In the past these jobs would have been classified as part of manufacturing. 2) and also in new manufacturing applications, particularly using technology advances to create new consumer products [mobile phones, computers, games etc].
In the industrialising countries, as could be expected, there has been a sharp rise in employment in manufacturing, as well as increase in output.
Productivity increases are not just caused by automation and robotics, but it is one of three main factors, along with increased size of manufacturing plants and the globalisation of sourcing. Note: while the IFR numbers provide a clear basis from which to work, it has not always been possible to separate robotics from automation in our analyses.
Individual countries differ greatly, the importance of manufacturing is only 11% of employment in USA…but 24% in Germany and as high as 27% in more recently industrialising countries such as The Republic of Korea,
The level of robotics use has almost always doubled, in all of the six countries [except Japan] in the eight years covered by the study. The proportion of the workforce that is unemployed has hardly changed in this period.
- Overall paid employment has risen in most countries. In the six considered here, only Japan has seen a decline.