Report points to robotics as a major driver of job creation

The report is the result of research carried out by Metra Martech entitled Positive Impact of Industrial Robots on Employment and claims that one million industrial robots currently in operation have been directly responsible for the creation of close to three million jobs.

A statement from the International Federation of Robotics asserts that the growth in robot use over the next five years will result in the creation of one million high-quality jobs around the world in industries such as consumer electronics, food, solar and wind power, and advanced battery manufacturing.

“The German and Japanese automotive manufacturers who have invested heavily in automation and robots have maintained a lead in the quality market”

The report highlights that between 2000–08, manufacturing employment increased in nearly every major industrialised country, even as the use of robotics increased sharply. 

This same pattern is now being seen in China, Brazil, and other emerging countries as they increase their use of robotics.