Not having to work anymore because a robot has taken over your work. That is the expectation of 37 per cent of Dutch consumers for thirty years from now, according to research by the ING Economic Bureau.
A large group of 65,000 Dutch people participated in the survey about robotisation in the Netherlands in the near future. The expected impact turns out to be huge, the figures show. A large group of Dutch consumers expect robots to increasingly make their appearance in Dutch society in the next three decades. They expect a greater impact than entrepreneurs. Their expectation is that 22 per cent of work will be taken over by robots. Ultimately, entrepreneurs largely decide the impact of robots in the work process because they have to invest in robotisation in the Dutch workplace to actually bring about a change.
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Other results
The OECD, organisation of Western countries, also conducted research and their figures show that ten percent of work will be taken over by robots. A big deviation from ING's research. How to explain these differences cannot be indicated. Both studies show that there are changes ahead and that it requires more flexibility from employees. In particular, deployment at peaks and troughs is to be expected for workers who must therefore have a wide range of skills.
Logistics
In the logistics industry, robotisation has already begun. Many distribution centres are already using robots to pick orders or drones to check stock.
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