Companies are increasingly switching to automation. What is the future of robots in the Czech Republic?

Czech industry is doing very well with robotics. The last decade of work automation in Czech companies has experienced a boom. According to statistics, three times more robots are involved in processes today than in 2010. According to the International Federation of Robotics, the Czech Republic was the 15th country with the highest increase in the number of robots in the world. The professional magazine Strojírenství informed about this fact.

So far, robots have appeared mainly in larger companies, which use them to optimize production demanding speed, accuracy and quantity of finished products.

But maybe it's time for smaller companies to get a taste of automation. Where else but in a country where so much emphasis is placed on industry and export.

The question is where automation can help. In which sectors can we involve robots in work? What types are available? How is automatic production planned and maintained? What about employees? Do they have to worry about their positions? Are they threatened by being once replaced by machines, or, on the contrary, will their work improve and work side by side with their mechanical colleagues? This will be discussed in the virtual debate of Hospodářské noviny.

Invitation to the debate was accepted by:

Igor Zahrádka, CEO of our company B: TECH,

Petr Duchoslav, Executive Director of Fanuc Czech,

Pavel Ambrož, Authorized signatory of the Czech branch of Schunk,

Jaroslav Fiľo, Executive Director and co-owner of S.D.A.

The virtual debate will take place under this article link on Wednesday, March 24 from 2 p.m.