The World Economic Forum has predicted that although automation will displace 75 million jobs by 2022 , 133 million new roles will also be created . The rise of collaborative robots , or ‘ cobots ’, will help manufacturers with the challenges posed by skills shortages that are forcing them to recruit from a diminished talent pool . Allied to this , recent research by Epicor shows that rather than being worried about job losses , industrial workers are willing to embrace robot co-workers . New technologies will prove key to attracting the workforce of the future with 41 % of the young people Epicor surveyed indicating they would welcome the opportunity to work with the latest innovations . Meanwhile , efficiency and safety will be improved with less jobs being done by hand .

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