Robots, Education and Climate Concerns

Manufacturing will require more highly educated people in the future, and recycling will be of utmost importance, predicts a robotics leader.
By Denise Ebenhoech
Feb 17, 2020

In 50 years, we will have automation at a level where nearly no one will have to touch anything. If I have to mass produce a smart phone or a T-shirt, humans won’t do the work. That said, the individualization of [machine-made] products that we are seeing will, to some degree, go in another direction. Now some people say, “I need this super individual shoe.” I don’t think it’s feasible to continue [one-off production that sucks up resources] with issues like climate change.

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