What are the Disadvantages of using robots
- They can find it difficult to deal with 'unusual' circumstances for example a door is missing from a car waiting on the paint spraying line
- tend to reduce labour requirements (thus causing unemployment)
- As robots take over many of the tasks done by humans de-skilling is a real risk
- Work can be done anywhere, hence factories can be moved to anywhere in the world (again a cause for unemployment risks).