Why Should You Study Robotics & Automated Systems?

"A recent state report showed 1.4 million Tennessee jobs, many of them obsolete, labor positions, could be replaced by robots or machines in the next few years, affecting about half the state’s workforce. " - https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2016/apr/23/robots-are-taking-tennessees-jobs/

"In two of the past three years, Tennessee has led the nation in foreign direct investment, much of it in manufacturing, according to the IBM Global Location Trends report on foreign investment in the United States.  As a result, manufacturing employment grew by 56,000 jobs, or nearly 23.5 percent, from early 2010 through June, the most recent month for which figures have been tallied by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics......The pace of that growth will be tempered, however, by automation and technology that boosts labor productivity and limits the amount of labor required to produce most goods. " - https://yourskillsyourfuture.com/filling-jobs-toughest-task-for-tennessee-manufacturers/

"Keeping up with the growth of technology in the manufacturing sector is crucial and may require workers to go back to school in the future to keep up with fields such as robotics, hydraulics, mechatronics and electronics. " - http://www.tnledger.com/Knoxville/editorial/Article.aspx?id=88269

"According to the report, automation doesn't eliminate the need for labor; it changes the way the workplace is configured, and makes new demands on educational facilities on how the workforce should be trained. " - http://archive.knoxnews.com/business/tenn-study-half-of-all-jobs-could-be-replaced-by-automation-2e2e1b17-e48c-0630-e053-0100007f1337-372586851.html/

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