Posted on Robotics 24/7 on September 10, 2021, Dr. Bernard Casse authored an article titled, " Automating the 'Last Mile' in Factories with Dexterous AI-Powered Robots." The article outlines how despite pushing manufacturing and factories to be more automated, they are still very labor driven and the labor shortage is real.
Dr. Bernard Casse outlines with data how factories and manufacturing facilities are dependent on labor and have not added robots and automation to address the very real shortage in the workforce.
345 million people on the factory floor
Less that 2 million industrial robots
Humans handle 72% of manufacturing tasks
2019, 7.6 million unfilled jobs in the US/
These facts outline where we are at with low skilled/unskilled strenuous jobs. This is compounded by labor turnover.
Dr. Casse brings to light multiple themes in this article:
The pandemic exposed the fragility of out labor-driven supply chain infrastructure
The answer to a resilient and scalable infrastructure lies in automation and robots 2.0
Dexterous, AI-powered robots are designed to handle hard-to-automated tasks in factories
Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model for new incumbents
It's time for organizations to experiment and innovate
Read the full article at Robotics 24/7
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