Robot to take over "workforce" by 2020

If we are to go by the expected outcome of the seminar convened by one of the world's largest Robot makers(ROMA), robot is going to take over 75% of the work force worldwide in 2050 (and would have covered a reasonable percentage by 2020), then this is a really, really a scary one to imagine. According to them, there is a huge chance of possibility to this because, presently, there are robots made for doing almost everything, from simple house chores to complex factory and industry duties and to robots made for bedroom functions- Robots are available for virtually all purposes" but they convened the workshop to see to the 'FUTURE' of robotic systems in the world , so what is actually left now is a little to be done to "fine-tune" these robots and "deploy" them said Kenichy, one of the top notch techies from Japan. Again if this is something to go by, then a lot of things will be. So by implication, some companies and organizations are going to be manned by robots. Robots are going to be Bank managers, directors, doctors/nurses, husbands, wives, there are going to be some robot pastors, musicians(entertainers), presenters on radio and TV, and there are going to be robots that will function in the capacity of workers, or who knows? there may even be Robot president,Governors, Ministers and Ambassadors. Currently, there is a debate going on about human labour reduction in the world. If this plan pans out, then there will be a drastic downturn of human labour in the labour market which will see to the implementation of this not-so-funny-plans.

A critical look at the average probability of robots taking well over 75% of the world's workforce soon:

• Robots have continue to evolve, slowly but steadily penetrating many areas of our lives
• Robots are now becoming increasingly sophisticated and lifelike

• The workshop that was convened at the University of Michigan has clearly sighted advancing the future of robots as a major target. EXCERPTS of the circular sent via email reads:

   "Within this workshop, we aim to bring together researchers pushing forward the state of the art in these and related fields. Through talks and discussions, this workshop will seek to identify key issues facing the realization of custom cyber-physical systems; by gathering like-minded researchers together, we can address these issues and begin to develop a roadmap for upcoming research. This interactive, multi-prong, cross-disciplinary workshop will define and advance the future of robot making. Any papers that discuss challenges in developing and programming robots are welcomed. In particular, we invite submissions that are centered on the following topics:
  

  • Rapid Fabrication for Robotics;
  • Personalized Robotics;
  • Programming Languages for Robotics;
  • Hardware/software Codesign;
  • Design Databases;
  • From Rapid Prototyping to Mass Production;
  • 2D and 3D Printing;
  • Robotics in Education and;
  • Robotics in Art.

  Invited Speakers

  • Prof. Mark Yim, UPenn
  • Prof. Mike Rubenstein, Nortwestern
  • Prof. Pietro Valdastri, Vanderbilt
  • Prof. Michael Yip, UC San Diego
  • Prof. Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Tech
  • Prof. Ken Stafford, WPI
  • Prof. Steve Swanson, UC San Diego
  • Prof. Robert Shepherd, Cornell
  • Prof. Dan Aukes, Arizona State University
  • Dr. Matteo Bianchi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia"

 Have you imagined a situation of you having to work under a Robot Boss? or having Robots as a co-worker?, how will this 'serious' idea work? well, according to what obtains on iRobot official website, there is something like"YOU AND ROBOTS BETTER TOGETHER".