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Robotic Invasion ?
Robots are far from invading India’s factories , even
though their installation rate is steadily rising , as can be seen from
following data
YEAR / NO OF
ROBOTS INSTALLED IN INDIAN FACTORIES
* 2015……………….
2065
* 2016……………….
2625
* 2017 ( E )…….…3000
* 2018 ( F )………..3500
* 2019 ( F )……… 5000
* 2020
( F )……… 6000
But other countries seem to be going all out to install
robots in their factories as can be seen from following figures :
NUMBER OF INSTALLED INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS PER 10,000
EMPLOYEES
* South Korea……………………
631
* Singapore……………………… 488
* Germany…………………………..309
* Japan…………………………….. 303
* USA……………………………….. 189
* UK……………………………………..
71
* China……………………………….. 68
* Brazil………………………………… 10
* Russia……………………………… 3
* India………………………………. 3
[ Source :
Times of India / 25
March 2018 ]
The main reason why industrialists in developed
countries are very keen to replace human workers with robots , is HIGH WAGES (
in USA , minimum wage is $ 7.25 per hour = approx. Rs 470 per hour ! )
And , every few years , these wages keep climbing with
rising Cost of Living Index
It has reached a stage where ( in countries like China
) , cost of an industrial robot is just the same as the annual wage paid to a
Semi Skilled worker !
In India , we have still not reached that kind of a
PAYBACK PERIOD , but Indian industrialists are acutely conscious of the
following advantages of robots :
Robots which work 24 hours/day
and do not ask for a salary
Robots that do not " go
slow "or go on a strike
Robots that do not demand "
Quotas / Reservations "
Robots that do not take holidays
or take " Sick Leave "
Robots that do not resign /
demand promotion
Robots that neither envy other robots
nor sabotage
Robots that do not complain
against unpleasant work
Robots that do not get tired and
need rest
Robots whose production does not
drop after working for 8 hours
Robots that do not demand "
Overtime Pay " @ 200 % of normal
Robots that perfectly
co-ordinate their tasks with other robots
Robots that willingly "
retire " at any age , whenever required
Robots that do not demand
Unemployment/Retirement Benefits
Robots which may , some
day , provide you with
emotional support when you are sick / depressed !
The “ writing is
on the wall “if we fails to turn India into a LOW COST
ECONOMY !
Remember :
Automation
is Inescapable
20 April 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
/ blogs
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Added on 24 April 2022 :
This week, the Beomni robot will appear at Explorers Club Headquarters and at the annual dinner on Saturday April 23rd in New York City. At the same time, across the country in Beverly Hills, CA, attendees at the Abundance360 Annual Summit will be able to remotely pilot the robot from 2,800 miles away.
Beomni is the world's most sophisticated general-purpose humanoid robot, capable of performing an almost unlimited number of tasks. Beomni's AI Brain learns from its human pilots and becomes increasingly autonomous over time.
Beomni is the world's most sophisticated general-purpose humanoid robot, capable of performing an almost unlimited number of tasks. Beomni's AI Brain learns from its human pilots and becomes increasingly autonomous over time.
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