Mr Deng's IT News Collection: Robots will not take over manufacturing jobs, but enhance future employment opportunities, according to a landmark report on production in Australia. But as demand for workers with a higher level of skills grows, some workers will find themselves at risk of displacement. "Lightweight assistive systems will facilitate humans' work in factories, resulting in jobs with more high-value tasks and fewer repetitive tasks and physically demanding activities such as weight-lifting and tool-picking," the report by the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency says. "Integrating new technologies such as in mechanical and electrical manufacturing will mean that workers need skills to operate and manage computerised and technological advances in machinery and equipment.

08 April, 2014

Robots will not take over manufacturing jobs, but enhance future employment opportunities, according to a landmark report on production in Australia. But as demand for workers with a higher level of skills grows, some workers will find themselves at risk of displacement. "Lightweight assistive systems will facilitate humans' work in factories, resulting in jobs with more high-value tasks and fewer repetitive tasks and physically demanding activities such as weight-lifting and tool-picking," the report by the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency says. "Integrating new technologies such as in mechanical and electrical manufacturing will mean that workers need skills to operate and manage computerised and technological advances in machinery and equipment.

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