Jul 30, 2018 — For over two centuries philosophers and economists have debated the question of the impact of automation on jobs. The evidence to date points to automation having a positive effect on labour demand. Why is this and how can we ensure the trend continues in the face of rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence?
July 08- July 11, 2019
NNOPROM is the main industrial, trade and export platform in Russia.
July 10- July 13, 2019
China International Robot Show (CiROS)is China's first national exhibition platform covering the whole product chain of robots.
August 21- August 24, 2019
The Taiwanese robot exhibition will be located at Taipei World Trade Center, Nangang exhibiton hall
October 09- October 12, 2019
14th RobotWorld, which is the biggest specialized robotics exhibition in Korea and will be held during 9th – 12th, October.
December 18- December 21, 2019
The iREX was first held in 1974, and it has since been held once every two years, marking its 23rd exhibition this year.
The Report shows that a new record high of 381,000 units were shipped globally in 2017 – an increase of 30 percent compared to the previous year. This means that the annual sales volume of industrial robots increased by 114 percent over the last five years (2013-2017).
Sales value of service robots for professional use increased by 39 percent to US$6.6 billion. The total number sold in this robot category rose by 85 percent (2017). Logistic systems show the strongest demand, accounting for 63 percent of the total units and 36 percent of the total sales (in value) of professional service robots.
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