Its Man vs Robots: Stop 'em if you can!

We may sit and discuss and debate about the nuances of new H-1B visa rules, but looks like, it's not the Indians nor any other country's nationals that the Americans need to fear for taking away their jobs. It's their (well, let's say Man's) very own creation- Machines aka Robots that are increasingly replacing human in the manufacturing industry jobs.

Don't believe us. We have figures to back our point.

9,773 industrial robots in three months

A total of 9,773 industrial robots priced over $516 million were purchased by North American manufacturing firms, in the first quarter of 2017, reports Recode. And you are driving us out for poaching away your jobs!

This is a 32 percent spike in the number of robots (7,406) bought the previous year.

Robots-Cheap, lean and productive

With robots becoming leaner and cheaper, many manufacturing companies are turning to them instead of searching for cheap labour. Apparently, the unit price for buying a robot fell by three percent in the quarter compared to the same quarter in 2016.

Was this your plan President Trump to bring back jobs from China?

In an ironic state of affairs, companies are now planning US-based manufacturing not to give their fellowmen employment but because automated plants would be 'more' cheaper than what they will have to spend in some Asian country. For instance, Adidas will be opening a new manufacturing unit in Atlanta this year, staffed majorly by robots with barely 160 human workforces.

1 Robot takes away 6 human jobs

I don't know what to call this- 'The rise of Machine' or the 'Human existential crisis'? Either way, its a sorry state of affairs. Every robot that is 'employed' in a factory kicks out six humans, says a study by National Bureau of Economic Research.

Unfortunately, the trend has only started to pick up. Industry estimates that global robot shipments could well reach one million units annually within the coming decade.

Stop 'em if you can!