Automation has given rise to new jobs in robot minding but the flurry of opportunities may be short lived.
During the winter of 2011, an 18 year old student named Canon Reeves spent his time trailing a knee-high robot around Arkansas,as it delivered Amazon packages to students.
The robot, created by a start-up called starship technologies in 2014 is basically a cooler on wheels; It uses radars,ultrasonic sensors and nine cameras to make deliveries, Revee's job was to monitor how it handled various terrains,field comments from public,and press the off switch if necessary.
Many students asked for selfie with bot,he said.
As advances in autonomous technology have placed a huge number of self-driving machines on our roads and sidewalks,a side hustle has materialized in recent years called robot-babysitting.
In Phoenix,human attendant will remotely monitor Google's upcoming waymo robo-taxis,using car's cameras to evaluate and adapt to passenger on road challenges.
These professionals job tittles range from "robot handler" to "safety driver" but they have essentially the same responsibilities. The unusual nature of job lands it some cachet,despite the mundane nature of work itself.The job requirements posted by driveless car start-up cruise automation include:"Able to drive or spend time sitting in a car for six to eight hours a day. Pay is good,too. Technologies starts it's robot handlers at $15 an hour,and cruise pay $23 an hour more than double California's minimum wage of $11.
Robot-babysitting jobs fall under umbrella of tarrens in automation,which include maintenance ,engineering and programming demand for people with this skill set is considerable, with an expected 20 million to 50 million new jobs expected in this category by 2030 according to McKinsey global institute. This June 2018, number of postings on Indeed.com's recruitment boards advertising position in automation had almost tripled since year ending in June 2016. Automation workers include computer scientist,IT workers and administrators."Those people are in scarcity,and there's an extreme demand, Ramsey said.we are in this squistry period where human has to be heavily involved in testing,and that is likely to end.
In some cases, companies have already managed to get rid of their robot babysitters.
