As robots become more common, the demand for mechanical and computer engineers working on autonomous systems grows. In fact, the number of jobs in the field is forecast to grow by 9% between 2016 and 2026, leading to a shortage of qualified engineers.
This is a real opportunity for new talent just entering the workforce or professionals looking to make a mid-career change. Part of the appeal is the broad applicability of automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, which so far have not had much use for automation. The opportunity to work on the cutting edge of automation technology and solve problems is exciting, especially from IT and engineering fields that have become more routine after profound shifts over the past few decades.
Knowing where to look is half the battle. We've compiled a list of five industries where robots are taking over and where roboticists and computer engineers will be in high demand in the coming years.
The business landscape
The way we tend to our lawns is astonishingly inefficient, not to mention harmful to the environment. A recent Swedish study found that cutting grass with a gas-powered mower for an hour has about the same impact on air pollution as driving 100 miles.
In addition, the industry has been plagued by global labor problems. In fact, the $105 billion commercial landscape industry has been facing a labor shortage for at least the past decade. Meanwhile, the technology that powers the commercial landscape hasn't been updated in years, as anyone who has operated a noisy, smelly two-strike lawn mower recently can attest.
This opens the door to robotics, and there's a lot of exciting activity around automation in commercial landscape design. For example, a company called Scythe Robotics has begun offering the most advanced and sustainable autonomous driving technology to safely, effectively and responsibly maintain off-road environments, including commercial landscaping applications with emisses-free automatic lawn mowers. The company has a lot of early support and recently announced the $13.8 million A series.
agricultural
Beset by labor issues, climate change and growing pressures for economic sustainability, agriculture is embracing automation just like other industries. Journalist Katrina Miller wrote in a thought-provoking article:
Robots are already making their mark in food; They pick strawberries, harvest lettuce, pollinate and even milk cows. Because robots are more efficient, they can do environmentally friendly jobs that would not be economical if they had to be done manually, such as weeding by hand, which reduces the need to spray chemicals.
Commercial agriculture companies have also been charmed by the power of data-driven automation, prompting agriculture to embrace robotics, artificial intelligence and ML like other industries. According to Robot Automation News, the market size of agricultural robots was $4.082.8 billion in 2018, but is likely to reach $16.6044 billion by 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 19.2 percent. North America revenue was $1.4698 billion in 2018, with a projected CAGR of 18.9%.
The AgAID Institute, funded by the federal government for $20 million, aims to develop artificial intelligence to address agricultural challenges such as dwindling water resources. "This is critical for improving the stability, efficiency and adaptability of food production," Alan Fern, a computer science professor and lead researcher on the project at Oregon State university, told the OSU Newsroom. "The goal of the institute is to achieve this goal by determining the best way to integrate human and AI/robotics technologies."
Companies developing and commercializing farm robots include Farmwise, which builds autonomous robots that use machine learning to provide farmers with sustainable farming solutions. The Bowery Farm is an indoor sustainable farm that uses ARTIFICIAL intelligence to track and monitor plant growth and grow plants indoors. Iron Ox has a robotic planting solution to reduce greenhouse gases and has received over $40 million in funding.
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The global construction robot Market is set to reach $7.88bn by 2027, according to Allied Market Research. It's hard to list all the ways the construction industry automates, but some examples include drones that automatically map space and submit progress reports, heavy machinery that magnifies manpower, and line chalk robots that mark building footprints to ensure error-free projects.
More than four-fifths (81 percent) of construction companies worldwide say they plan to introduce robots into their business in the next decade, according to DATA from ABB Robotics. The reasons include thin profits, which drive efficiency, and chronic skills and Labour shortages
The sea
The sea has always been a dangerous and exciting place to work, and maritime logistics, extractive industries and science are vital to global commerce. According to Research and Markets, the global autonomous vessels and surface market revenue will reach $3.48 billion by 2035, with a compound annual growth rate of 26.7 percent.
Some of the emerging applications of robotics in the maritime industry include hazardous waste cleaning, hull cleaning and maintenance, infrastructure inspection and installation (particularly in wind farms, which are adopting robotics), and ship inspection. Underwater robots have been used to kill invading fish, cross oceans and search for sunken treasure.
Bedrock is a company making waves in ocean robotics.
education
Hundreds of kindergarten classes in China are now using a small robot to tell stories and ask logic questions. Robots are part of China's efforts to become a world leader in artificial intelligence technology, according to Education Week.
Every week, I see announcements about Steam robots designed to help children, students, and professionals in fields like medicine learn interactively. Not surprisingly, the educational robotics market is expected to grow from $1.3 billion in 2021 to $2.6 billion in 2026.
Companies pushing students to use robots include Sphero, which makes programmable robot balls, Modular Robotics and RoboLink.
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