A panel of industry and technology leaders gathered in London last week to examine a question that is becoming increasingly urgent for the UK economy: not whether automation is beneficial, but how it can be deployed at scale across industry.
The event, titled “Blueprint for a Robotic Workforce” and hosted at the London College of Contemporary Arts near the famous Tower Bridge, brought together representatives from across the robotics, finance, education and policy landscape.
The session was chaired by Professor Mike Wilson, chief automation officer at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), who set the tone with a data-driven overview of the UK’s current position. [Read more…] about Blueprint for a robotic workforce: Can the UK close its automation gap?