Tag Archives: robots

Bold BDO’s vision: half of mining jobs automated by 2020

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Gene Tunny

BDO has published an extraordinary report presenting its vision of a massive uptake of robotics in the mining sector in the next few years. In its Near Future of Mining Report BDO speculates: By 2020, robots will replace more than … Continue reading →

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Farm robots good for economy, but may mean downward trend in agricultural jobs continues

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Queensland’s former Premier Campbell Newman is chairman of a company Swarm Farm that is developing robots for on-farm use, in tasks such as weeding (as reported in the Brisbane Times). This is fantastic technology and will be good for agricultural … Continue reading →

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Economic implications of robotics and automation

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Gene Tunny

There is increasingly serious discussion about the implications of major advances in robotics and automation and what these advances mean for the future economy, particularly whether robots will replace humans in many jobs. For example, the OECD has observed that … Continue reading →

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