ROBOT DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIONS

NASA has used competitions to develop launch vehicles, and the result has been the rapid sector development.

Only two EU companies are among the top 15 robotics firms.

Countries where development is progressing faster (Japan, USA, China) have gained a significant technological lead. The EU will have to buy the robots, but more importantly they will increase productivity and quality of production in their countries. The EU will be less competitive.

Today's economic model has exhausted its possibilities. The notion that full employment must be ensured is no longer correct. The economy has to provide products and services for consumers. And to reduce working hours. The use of robots will reduce the need for labor to a minimum.

The EU population is ageing and there is already a shortage of labor in some sectors. Robots will replace it.

The development of automation and robotics will rethink many dogmas. Unconditional income will be the new normal. Not only jobs will disappear, but also companies. They will generate profit for the owners, but they will not fulfil their social role - to employ people. When robots are run by AI, many companies will not be needed.

Where to start? In regions - where thousands of small businesses perform the same tasks - agriculture, food processing, construction, retail, warehousing, services ...

And most of all, we need politicians who will promote the vision of a technological society. By the way, would Brexit have taken place if the EU had a three-day working week, 4-hour working hours and unconditional pay?