Question 1-10

Technology is playing an important role in helping humans work more effectively. Since automation has become a(n) (1) _______ part of business operations, we can predict that robots are soon going to replace many jobs that are today (2) _______ by humans. Let’s see what merits this technology offers our world.

Increased efficiency

Industrial robots can complete certain tasks faster and (3) _______ efficiently than humans as they are designed and built to perform them with higher accuracy. This combined with the fact they are used to automate (4) _______ which previously might have taken significantly more time and resource results in the use of industrial robots to (5) _______ the efficiency of production lines.

Improved quality

Given their higher levels of accuracy, industrial robots can be used to (6) _______ higher quality products which (7) _______ the reduction of time required for quality control and (8)_______ that standards of quality are adhered to.

Longer working hours

Robots can work 24/7 and keep working at 100% efficiency. On average a 40% increase in the output of a production line occurs when one key person is (9) _______ by a robot who (10) _______ the same working hours.

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