| Nowadays, the world is all about mechanization. No | | | | in a few years by not having to pay an employee to |
| matter where you turn there is someone trying to | | | | do the job, but what if the job becomes unnecessary? |
| figure out how to make something to something else | | | | This can mean that they spent a lot of money that |
| that way a person no longer has to do it. We as | | | | was not needed. |
| humans are stuck on having things done for us. No | | | | Next is the fact that robots do not have the ability to |
| matter what it is, we would like to have a machine that | | | | think or solve problems without assistance from |
| would take care of it for us. In this day and age there | | | | outside parties, namely humans. Most would say that |
| are already a lot of things that require very little from | | | | robots only do the most mundane tasks in a factory |
| us. | | | | so they have no reason to think. Well that very well |
| The same is true of factories the world over. To | | | | may be true but what if something goes wrong with |
| companies there is the matter of making more money | | | | the process. Does the robot know to stop? Will it be |
| and they are always on the look out for ways to cut | | | | able to solve the problem on its own? The answer to |
| the costs to make the products they offer. This is | | | | both of those questions is of course no. The robot |
| where factory automation comes into play. A factory | | | | must be told what to do by a human and has no |
| that relies heavily on automation has less in the way of | | | | thought process of its own. |
| labor costs, making it less expensive for the company | | | | The other factor is that using factory automation |
| to produce products thereby increasing profits all the | | | | takes jobs away from the people who need them. |
| way around. | | | | This is the largest sore spot in the automation debate |
| There is some debate on whether or not an | | | | as it is known today. This is very true and it does harm |
| automated factory is a good idea. Automation relies on | | | | the economy for the most part because the more |
| machines, like robots to perform tasks that were at | | | | people that are out of jobs the worse the economy is. |
| one time performed by a human. One of the problems | | | | It is not the best idea for all intents and purposes it is |
| is the fact that these robots and machines cost in the | | | | not a good idea to completely automate a factory. |
| million or more dollars range for the most part, which | | | | The debate about this rages on and it is doubtful that |
| means a very high initial investment for the company. | | | | machines will ever replace us completely. |
| Now they could, in theory, make the investment back | | | | |