And those who think it is only about simple production work are wrong. ’’Higher educated people are not safe from automation and robotization either,’’ Scholtanus said. There seems to be no escape, which is why the companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten are going along with this development. ''Otherwise there will definitely be no jobs left soon,'' Kortman reasons.
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In a fascinating lecture on the use of robots, with many practical examples and a real competition between man and robot, Ben Scholtanus and Hendri Kortman took a full house on their journey into the future. Not only did they dwell on countless new possibilities of robots for industry. They also raised the tough questions; are robots displacing human jobs? Here Kortman was clear. ,,By deploying robots, employees remain employable for a long time because they help to do physically demanding or, on the contrary, boring work. Moreover, deploying robots creates new work because robots also need to be installed and maintained.”
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