How to Maximize the Use of Smarter Robots
Manufacturers have been using simple robotics for decades, but rapid advancements in the machines, artificial intelligence and data are coming together to continually create more powerful machines.
Manufacturers have been using simple robotics for decades, but rapid advancements in the machines, artificial intelligence and data are coming together to continually create more powerful machines.
Wearable robotics and exoskeletons can make workers stronger, faster and more efficient.
Cathy Engelbert is confident humans will remain useful during the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Mid-market companies seeking solutions to enable growth may find great benefits in robotic process automation (RPA).
We all know how much robots are threatening jobs in the manufacturing sector. And reports are increasingly showing that the services industry isn’t immune either, as robots flip burgers and even dole out medical advice. Surely the CEO’s job is safe though, right?
Robots will not only transform the way we work, they also could force a dramatic shift in the way CEOs manage and distribute company profits.
Just when CEOs thought they may have catered to the demands of millennials, generation Z has arrived. And they’ve come with a set of sometimes unique preferences that leaders will have to understand if they want to harness the talent of the future.
Robotics has transformed manufacturing profoundly—but pretty gradually—over the last generation. But more experts argue that manufacturing CEOs now must participate in a true “robotics revolution” that will comprise the next great leap in manufacturing.
A recent McKinsey report shows that very few occupations will be automated in their entirety in the near or medium-term. Rather, certain activities are more likely to be automated, requiring entire business processes to be transformed, and jobs performed by people to be redefined, much like the bank teller’s job was redefined with the advent of ATMs.
Manufacturing CEOs increasingly will have to make decisions about how to produce goods in a world where artificial intelligence and robotics present greater and greater capacity to handle automated tasks, and humans are being freed up to handle more consultative or custom roles. But will there be enough jobs?
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