Opening remarks to World of Drones & Robotics Congress
14 November 2022
세계 드론과 로봇공학 의회 개회사의 일부분입니다. 녹음한 부분은 드론보다 로봇공학 이야기가 주로 나옵니다.
호주의 연방행정정부인 알바네스 연방정부의 신생 부서 '산업과학부' 장관님이 2022년 11월 14일에 한 개회사입니다.
Minister for Industry and Science | 산업 과학부 |
Albanese government | 알바네스 정부(호주의 연방행정정부)
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The Robotics Australia Group | 로보틱 오스트렐리아 그룹/ 로봇공학 호주 단체
조사단체 이름 (음차가능)
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DARPA robotics challenge | 재난구조 로봇대회 DARPA : 미국 국방고등연구계획국 |
Opening remarks to World of Drones & Robotics Congress
14 November 2022
Hi everyone. It’s a huge honour to be able to be here today.
he pace of technological change is seemingly inexhaustible. It’s full of huge potential, but it also contains a potential risk and danger. We update our phones, our apps, our television sets with barely a second’s notice or thought. Our industries are constantly changing and adapting to new technology benchmarks. We need to ensure technology serves the interests of society and Australia and that we’re not there just to serve the interests of technology. That’s one of the challenges of this century.
It’s an important theme for me as the new Minister for Industry and Science in the Albanese government. We know that technologies like robotics, AI, quantum – all will have profound economic and social impact. No-one held back, no-one left behind. That’s one of the central themes of our new government.
I want to apply that very principle in how we manage technology and its great promise for our society. We have a goal of 1.2 million Australians being employed in tech-related jobs by 2030. To grow the industry in Australia we’re going to need more, not just people with specific skills but other skills as well to strengthen the long-term interests of what you’re doing.
And that may mean that we’re bringing in people that you wouldn’t necessarily on their face think, “Ah, intimately involved in technology,” but actually have an important role in sustaining your work. So, for instance, more historians, anthropologists, more policymakers, designers, product managers. Human creativity and empathy will only be more important to our future with technology. Already Australian industries have benefited from the adoption of robotics working with and alongside people creating safer, more productive work environments. The Australian mining and logistics sector, for instance, uses robotic technologies to improve extraction and safety, increase productivity and efficiency, reduce operating costs and, in fact, some of the biggest automated self-driving vehicles in the planet are located in Australian mines today.
The expertise is now being adapted and applied in other sectors, including pharmaceuticals and healthcare, agriculture and space. Robotic technologies have the potential to provide significant social, economic, environmental benefit to Australia and can have impact across the economy. But their application from a social perspective is really important as well.
Again, thinking about the application of technology for social good.
In 2021 robotics companies were estimated to be worth $18 billion in annual revenue to the Australian economy up from $12 billion in 2018, according to the Robotics Australia Group.
We’ve got immense research expertise, growing capability to produce innovative robotic solutions. In 2021, we won second place in the DARPA robotics challenge, demonstrating Australia’s cutting-edge software, technology and research expertise. And we’re a global leader in field robotics, a class of service robots that operate in huge, unstructured outdoor domains and include aerial, land and underwater robots.