Report urges free access to robotics resources
High-end robotics resources should be available to everyone in the UK if the workforce is to have the right skills for 2030, a new report says.
The robotics white paper, published by the EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS), highlights how robotics and autonomous systems are central to the 4th industrial revolution and the need to prepare the UK’s workforce to work with these technologies.
The report outlines how some of the biggest issues facing the workforce include a lack of practical experience of robotics and technical skills at all education levels; limited management understanding of emerging technologies; failure to address diversity and inclusion; and an education system struggling to provide the skills required by employers.
The white paper, co-authored by Professor Tony Prescott, Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Sheffield University, suggests that free access to robotics resources could be delivered by creating a national public repository containing physical and digital resources.
“Over three quarters of the 2030 workforce are already in work, but UK firms are already reporting that they are struggling to find workers with basic digital skills, and this is only going to get worse if action isn’t taken,” said Prof. Prescott.
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