Robots will be needed to fill manufacturing jobs as the ageing population expands and younger Australians choose alternative career paths, according to the Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing Hub and the Australian Cobotics Centre.
ARM Hub chief executive Corri Stewart told a parliamentary inquiry into developing advanced manufacturing in Australia on Tuesday that the country faces a “population decline challenge” given the nation’s 2020 fertility rate of 1.66, which is well …
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