Making the Future: Automation  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8780 (Apr. 2012), page SS17-SS18.
Topik: Manufacturing; Technological Change; Robots; Production Methods; Trends; Automation

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Many of the new production methods in the next industrial revolution will require fewer people working on the factory floor. Many factories use processes such as laser cutting and injection moulding that operate without any human intervention. And additive manufacturing machines can be left alone to print day and night. Yet manufacturing will still need people, if not so many in the factory itself. All these automated machines require someone to service them and tell them what to do. Industrial robots are getting better at assembly, but they are expensive and need human experts to set them up (who can cost more than the robot). They have a long way to go before they can replace people in many areas of manufacturing. But the next generation of robots will be different. Not only will they be cheaper and easier to set up, they will work with people rather than replacing them. Manufacturing revolutions never happen overnight, but this one is already well under way.

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