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ARM Education and Workforce Development Focus

This article discusses the challenges facing the US manufacturing workforce, including inadequate STEM education, the retiring baby boomer generation, and the opioid addiction crisis. It explores the potential role of robotics in addressing these challenges and highlights the need for continuous re-skilling in the industry.

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ARM Education and Workforce Development Focus

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  1. ARM Education and Workforce Development Focus

  2. Perfect Storm for US Manufacturing • Baby boomers retiring at 10,000 a day • American youth STEM education is inadequate for the today’s shop floor • Opioid addiction and other factors diminish an effective pool of workers • Industry Week, June 11, 2018 • Approximately 71% of the 34 million 17-to-24-year-olds in the U.S. would not qualify for military service because of reasons related to health, physical appearance and educational background, according to the Pentagon.

  3. Robotics to the Rescue? Benefits align with ARM's operational goals

  4. Fear of tech stealing jobs has been constant for ~500 years "The automatic machine is the precise equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic conditions of slave labor."— Norbert Wiener, MIT "There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better [than a human]. These are simply things that I think probably will happen.”— Elon Musk "I have too much regard for the poor women to forward an invention [an automated knitting machine] which, by depriving them of employment, would reduce them to starvation."— Queen Elizabeth I 1930 1965 Late 16th century 1930 1949 1965 2017 1949 017  “As machines continue to invade society, it is human labor itself that is gradually rendered redundant."— Robert Heilbronner, New School “We are being afflicted with a new disease of which some readers may not yet have heard the name—technological unemployment.”— John Maynard Keynes

  5. Major Challenges U.S. education insufficient for advanced mfg. careers Six major challenges ARM can work to address to prepare US workforce for the future of advanced manufacturing Negative perceptionsof robotics and manufacturing Regionalskill gaps in manufacturing skills 1 6 2 5 3 Little coordination between initiatives in advancedmfg. SMEs have limited resources to preparetalent 4 ARM can use targeted actions, RRIC collaborations, or project calls to address each category Manufacturing workforce not prepared for continual re-skilling

  6. Focus today….. Regaining manufacturing prowess in the United States requires workers to learn new skills, update knowledge, and obtain new competencies all the time…while passing along important task and organizational knowledge. “ 1 6 2 5 3 4 “The teacher will appear when the student is ready.” Manufacturing workforce not prepared for continual re-skilling

  7. ? Why do we have to continuously learn and adapt? Hint: “May you live in interesting times” Chinese Blessing and Curse

  8. Information Overload Egyptian Technological Revolution Dark Ages Roman Industrial Revolution Information Age Renaissance Computer Age

  9. Information Overload Average Mortality Rate at 35 years 45 years 80 years… Human Life Spans

  10. Information Overload Egyptian Dark Ages Technological Revolution Roman Information Age Renaissance Industrial Revolution Computer Age Average Mortality Rate at 45 years Average Mortality Rate at 35 years Average Mortality Rate at 80 years… Human Life Spans

  11. Change and the Future • Change is the process by which the future invades our lives • FUTURE SHOCK, Alvin Toffler, 1970

  12. Expect Industry 4.0 to Impact Manufacturing Jobs Industry 4.0 technologies drive link between workers, equipment, software, and machines... ...increasing the need for certain jobsand creating new jobs altogether IT solutions architects Robot coordinators Industrial data scientists • Sales and marketing agents Digitally assisted field service engineers

  13. Driving Growth and Directly Creating 900K New Industry 4.0 Jobs by 2025 Estimated # jobs directly created by Industry 4.0 through 2025 Jobs (K) Refers only to functional roles directly related to managing robotics Function IT Sales R&D Admin Robotics Logistics Production New Industry 4.0 jobs by 2025 Example job titles • Data Scientist • IT Security Expert • Sales Supervisor • Marketing and Comm. • UI/UX/HC Designer • R&D Engineer • Finance and Controlling • General Management • Robot Coordinator • Mechatronics Engineer • Supply Planner • Logistics Worker • Production Supervisor • Quality Supervisor Source: BLS; ONET skills data Jobs along all functions will be affected by Advanced Robotics

  14. 1:2:7 Ratio of Technology Employment • 1: Masters Degree or above • 2: Bachelors Degree • 7: Certificate, Credential, or Associate Degree • Other Ways to Win (2006)

  15. Skills Required for Robotics Manufacturing General skills Technical skills Adaptive skills Social skills • E.g., Coordination, persuasion, teamwork, communication, engagement Resource management skills • E.g., personnel management, time management, work ethic, priority development, focus, courage to ask questions Technical skills • E.g., troubleshooting, quality control analysis, repairing Basic skills facilitate learning • E.g., critical thinking, mathematics Complex problem solving skills Researching • Web-based data • Use of apps • Subject Matter Experts Systems skills • E.g., judgment, decision making Basic skills Complex skills Increasing complexity Source: ONET Skills Data definitions, BCG analysis

  16. Helping to Bridge Workforce Training Innovation Gap Basic Learning research Proof of concept Develop Curriculum/Learning Tool Capability to expand/scale Prove sustainable and adaptable Experiment in small test groups Private Sector INNOVATION GAP Government and universities Investment

  17. Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Arminstitute.org (412) 681-8978 stephen.catt@arminsitute.org

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