‘Robots to have positive impact on UK manufacturing’

Posted on 20 Oct 2017 by Jonny Williamson

Almost three quarters (74%) of manufacturing professionals believe robotics have a positive impact on the industry and play a strong hand at boosting the UK’s economy, a research has found.

82.9% of industry professionals believe there should be an increased focus on human factors at the initial design stage to encourage the interaction with and acceptance of robotics. It is almost a future fact, that by 2020 more than 1.7 million new industrial robots will be installed in factories around the…

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