Robots Are Ready. We’re Not.

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This morning, during a quick small talk with a friend who works on the factory floor, right next to the robots, he said something that should have been said a long time ago.

"You know what? Factory workers aren't afraid of robots anymore."

And it is true.
There is no fear left on the shop floor.
Only fatigue.
Worn-out backs. Joints that ache without warning.
A quiet hope that maybe, finally, a machine will take over the jobs that people no longer want or can handle.

The robot is no longer a thing of the future.
It is expected.
It is needed.
Sometimes even wished for, like a carton of painkillers on a Friday afternoon.

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But the problems have not disappeared.
They have simply moved.

Now the worry lives upstairs.
In the technical office.
Between spreadsheets and unanswered emails.
Next to the wiring diagrams that nobody has updated in years.

It is not fear of machines.
It is not resistance to change.
It is not even reluctance to take on new responsibility.

It is something far simpler.
There are not enough people.

Not enough hands to unpack the robot.
Not enough minds to set it up and make it work.
Not enough time to explain how to live with it, how to fix it, how to trust it.

The robots are ready.
The companies are ready.
The workers are more than ready.
They look at the crate and say, let it come, as long as it makes the work lighter.

But someone still has to open the crate.
Someone has to press the first button.
Someone has to know what to do when the red light begins to blink in a way it should not.

These are the people we lack the most.
Not the brave.
Not the doubtful.
Not the early adopters.

Just hands.
Minds.
Time.

And so the robot stands still.
Waits quietly.
Says nothing.
As if it already knows there is no one here to turn it on.

If you have a solution to this, speak it out loud.
The factories are listening.
And they will pay in gold.

Cheers ,

Jacek