Are Robots the Solution to the Economic Crisis?

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Are Robots the Solution to the Economic Crisis?
« on: November 19, 2008, 02:11:55 pm »
Are Robots the Solution to the Economic Crisis?
     


Traditional wisdom, as championed by Marshall Brain, holds that a
robotics revolution will displace human workers leading to massive global
unemployment. Mobile Robots, Inc. suggests another possibility.
Perhaps focusing on robots could create an employment boom, pulling us
out of the current global economic crisis. In a recent press release
they say, "During the recessionary Eighties, thousands moved into
high-paying new jobs in personal computers, building an industry that
powered two decades of US economic growth. MobileRobots hopes the
autonomous robot industry will behave similarly." To this end,
they've announced a new RoboDeveloper discount
program to get more robots into the hands of more individuals and
companies. They believe this will "lower the barrier of entry into the
robotics industry". Jeanne Dietsch,
CEO of Mobile Robots, notes, "The government’s too busy bailing out
banks and failing corporations to see that they would get far more jobs
for the buck building new industries." Will the upcoming change-over
to the more
tech and science saavy Obama administration make an approach like this
more feasible? Or is Marshall Brain right that robots lead to
unemployment for humans? Read on for the full text of the Mobile Robots
press release.
   

http://robots.net/article/2692.html
     

 


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