Impact of Robotics in Employment and Labour Market

This report explores the impact of robotics technology on employment and the labor market. It discusses the various applications of robotics and addresses the potential challenges faced by employees. The report also provides recommendations to survive the potential impact of robotics in the labor market.

Scaffolded Plan of your Report
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writing, but as a guide for things to consider.
What is the overall argument / position of your report?
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of science and engineering that deals with the design,
operation, construction and use of computer systems for information processing, control and
sensory feedback. Robotics is a scientific study for developing machines that can replicate or
substitute human actions.
The topic of the present study involves the technology used in robotics and the various field of
applications where robotics can be applied as a technology.
The scope of the study is to gain a deep understanding about the robotics technology and gather
new perspectives and in-depth knowledge regarding the utilizations, applications and
opportunities associated with robotics.
For instance, the application of robotics technology encompasses a wide range of industries and
areas including exploration, outer space, automotive manufacturing or the car industry, the
intelligent home, hospitals, entertainment industry and disaster areas.
Summary of journal articles:
Write a 100-word summary of each journal article. This means you must use your own words ensuring
that you also use APA style/IEEE style in-text citations every time you use the ideas or information from the
research. Summarise the argument, relevant evidence and examples that you will use to support your
ideas. Show how the ideas in each article link to the ideas and information in your other research.
First journal article
G. Ballantyne, "Robotic surgery, telerobotic surgery, telepresence, and telementoring", Surgical
Endoscopy, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1389-1402, 2002. Available: 10.1007/s00464-001-8283-7.
A surgical robotics arm is used for performing surgical procedures on patient’s bodies. The robotics
arm is attached to a column ring and independently moves. It has multiple arm segments for
added flexibility so that the segments can provide additional level of freedom to the arm. Surgeons
can place or position the robotics arm into several configurations for accessing different parts of
the patient’s body. The arm is configurable and thus, physicians can use the same arm for
performing a wide range of surgical procedures.
Second journal article.
A. Trebi-Ollennu, "The InSight mission: Instrument deployment robotic system", Advances in
Robotics & Automation, vol. 06, no. 02, 2017. Available: 10.4172/2168-9695-c1-007.
The InSight Mars Lander is an example of an application of robotics that includes and IDS
(Instrument Deployment System) and science payload with auxiliary peripherals that are mounted
on the Lander. A seismometer (SEIS), a heat flow probe (HP3), a wind and thermal shield (WTS)
and a precision tracking system is included in InSight science payload in order to measure the state
and size of the mantle, core and crust of Mars. The HP3 and SEIS will be released on the planetary
surface that will allow the scientists to execute the first comprehensive surface based geophysical
investigation of the interior structure of Mars.
Third journal article

M. Matarić, "Socially assistive robotics: Human augmentation versus automation", Science
Robotics, vol. 2, no. 4, p. eaam5410, 2017. Available: 10.1126/scirobotics.aam5410.
SAS (Socially Assistive Robotics) develops socially interactive and intelligent machines for providing
assistance through social means. It can be compared with the rehabilitation robotics except SAR is
hands off and uses only noncontact methods to coach, monitor and provide companionship for
supporting training and convalescence. It is used in autism behaviour therapy, stroke
rehabilitation, mental health care, Alzheimer’s, elderly care and dementia. For instance, stroke
rehabilitation coach offers movement exercises through demonstrations and monitors the
movement of the stroke patient. Then it provides feedback on the quality of exercise.
Fourth journal article
C. Rascon and I. Meza, "Localization of sound sources in robotics: A review", Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, vol. 96, pp. 184-210, 2017. Available: 10.1016/j.robot.2017.07.011.
The SSL (Sound Source Localization) estimates the position of sound sources. It is useful in several
situations including in a rescue scenario, mapping an unknown acoustic environment, or locate a
human speaker. The SSL estimates two components in polar coordinates such as the distance
estimation and the direction of arrival estimation (in 2 dimensions). The techniques used in SSL
include learning based approaches (manifold learning and neural network), subspace methods,
beam forming based approaches, tracking techniques (Kalman filters), and source clustering
through time ad particle filtering.
Fifth journal article
J. Lee et al., "DART: Dynamic Animation and Robotics Toolkit", The Journal of Open Source
Software, vol. 3, no. 22, p. 500, 2018. Available: 10.21105/joss.00500.
DART is a cross platform, collaborative and open source library, which provides algorithms and
data structures for dynamic and kinematic applications in computer animation and robotics. For
developers, DART provides full access to the internal dynamic and kinematic quantities such as
Coriolis, mass matrix, transformational matrices and centrifugal forces. DART can feature
multibody dynamic simulations for motion and control planning.
Reference list using the IEEE (Engineering & IT):
G. Ballantyne, "Robotic surgery, telerobotic surgery, telepresence, and telementoring", Surgical
Endoscopy, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1389-1402, 2002. Available: 10.1007/s00464-001-8283-7.
A. Trebi-Ollennu, "The InSight mission: Instrument deployment robotic system", Advances in
Robotics & Automation, vol. 06, no. 02, 2017. Available: 10.4172/2168-9695-c1-007.
M. Matarić, "Socially assistive robotics: Human augmentation versus automation", Science
Robotics, vol. 2, no. 4, p. eaam5410, 2017. Available: 10.1126/scirobotics.aam5410.
C. Rascon and I. Meza, "Localization of sound sources in robotics: A review", Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, vol. 96, pp. 184-210, 2017. Available: 10.1016/j.robot.2017.07.011.
J. Lee et al., "DART: Dynamic Animation and Robotics Toolkit", The Journal of Open Source

Software, vol. 3, no. 22, p. 500, 2018. Available: 10.21105/joss.00500.

Report Planning Document Template
FOCUS QUESTION: What is the impact of robotics in employment and labour market?
Plan the structure of your report
Preliminary Matter –
Robotics is a scientific study for developing machines that can replicate or substitute human actions. The topic of the present study involves
the technology used in robotics and the various field of applications where robotics can be applied as a technology. The scope of the study is
to gain a deep understanding about the robotics technology and gather new perspectives and in-depth knowledge regarding the utilizations,
applications and opportunities associated with robotics. For instance, the application of robotics technology encompasses a wide range of
industries and areas including exploration, outer space, automotive manufacturing or the car industry, the intelligent home, hospitals,
entertainment industry and disaster areas.
Report text –
1.0 Introduction
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of science and engineering that deals with the design, operation, construction and use of computer
systems for information processing, control and sensory feedback. Robotics is a scientific study for developing machines that can replicate or
substitute human actions.
2.0 Findings and Discussion
2.1 Part 1 of the question – Robotics technology is used for repetitive works that humans cannot perform. Robotics technology is
used in the car industry, electronics industry, agriculture, outer space and so on.
2.2 Part 2 of the question – The impact of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on the global employment and job skills will be
addressed.
2.3 Part 3 of the question – In order to survive the consequences of automation and AI influence, and the increasing application of
robotics in various fields, employees will face potential challenges to keep their jobs. This part will discuss about how robotics can
threaten manual jobs.
3.0 Conclusion
The focus of the study is to investigate the impact of robotics technology and its implementation on various professional fields and employment is
affected.

4.0 Recommendations
The recommendations will be regarding how to survive the potential impact of robotics in the labour market and employment.
End Matter –
The paper will focus on the various aspects and areas associated with robotics technology, its uses and applications. It uses computer vision,
complex event processing, edge computing, natural language processing (NLP), reinforcement learning and transfer learning in AI (Artificial
Intelligence). Therefore, the paper will involve the fundamental technical specifications and requirements in robotics and its various
application fields.