ROBOTIZATION AND POVERTY
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• ROBOTIZATION LEADING TO POVERTY
• LABOR DEMAND PERSPECTIVES IN THE TIME OF
• INCREASING WEALTH GAP
• FACTS AND FIGURES
• STEP TOWARDS ROBOTIZATION
• Robotization is the automation of a system or task,
such that human labor is not necessary, and is
replaced with a robotic version
• Robot labor is being implemented in many settings,
depriving humans of those jobs.
• This can have detrimental effects on employment
and income, particularly for lower skilled and lower
ROBOTIZATION LEADING TO POVERTY
•Everywhere machines are more and workers are less. Every
work is completed with the help of machines.
• In offices, people work on computers, laptop; in home, washing
machine, refrigerator, is used. Government supply water,
electricity with the help of machines.
• Millions of people lose work every year because of the
application of various techniques, robots and machines.
Labor demand perspectives in the time of robots
INCREASING WEALTH GAP…
• Traditional management skills are replaced
with technical knowledge and more scientific
methods and programming.
• People who are already privileged and have
more advanced skills, become even wealthier,
and income disparity and the wealth gap
• High unemployment exacerbates poverty and
a lack of low paying jobs makes it increasingly
harder for the poor to work themselves out of
• This leads to a damaged economy, greater
class division, increased welfare dependence,
among other consequences.
FACTS & FIGURES
• According to a recent study by Oxford University
researchers who found that 47% of the labor
market in the US alone is at risk of being
mechanized out of existence.
• More than three million transportation industry
jobs are at risk of displacement by the
widespread adoption of self-driving vehicles,
which will be present in 30 US cities by the end of
STEP TOWARDS ROBOTIZATION
• In US and China fewer people work in manufacturing today
than in 1997.
• According to the International Federation of Robotics, robot
production has been growing at 12 percent per year since
• The key players in automation are South Korea, Japan, China,
Germany and the U.S.
• Robotics experts determine the level of automation
in a country by the number of robots employed
at factories per 10,000 workers.
• This average is called ROBOT DENSITY.
• The country is likely to see rapid growth in automation
at an average of 60 percent by 2016.
• IFR data suggests that car production is by far the most
robotized sector in the world.
TREND OF ROBOTIZATION
• Some people think robotization fails to solve the problem of
• However, some argue that robot labor is actually a positive
thing, because it will open up more opportunities for humans
•Robotization may increase the amounts of production,
quality and quantity.
• Some advantages of Robotization are people like to
shop from e-stores by sitting at their home.
• Marketing trends have been changed with the
awareness of internet
• Industries are using digital devices for getting the
output of different products and services.
• So, these are some technological improvements,
which lead us to change our lifestyle.
• Workers must come to terms with the
imperative of life-long learning
• Companies must anticipate and adapt to rapid
• Governments will need to meet new demands
for education and training
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?
• As poverty has always existed in the society even
before the process of robotization.
• The roots of poverty should be found in the different
area such as rapid growth of population and lack of
• Better technology makes the production process more
efficient and less expensive in the long run.