Over 50% employees are ready to accept, embrace robot co-workers: Survey

More than 50 per cent employees believe that robots are an addition to the workforce as they automate repetitive or mundane work that they would otherwise have to do themselves, a survey has found.

The survey showed that workers are actually ready and willing to embrace robot coworkers rather than being worried about job losses.

Nearly 30 per cent of employees cited that machines are more attractive than co-workers because they do not get involved in office politics.

On the other hand, 34 per cent employers also agree that robots are more efficient and improve productivity than humans in the workplace.

"Far from workers worrying about their jobs being taken by robots, our study shows that employees are actually very happy to work alongside machines. With all the advantages of robots not getting involved in office politics too, we can expect to see more of this in the future!" Terri Hiskey, Vice President (product marketing, manufacturing) at Epicor Software Corporation, US-based global enterprise software provider, said in a statement on Tuesday.