In an interview with the EFE Agency in Castilla y León I had the chance to speak out about the importance of Artificial Intelligence and the use of robots today. We have a lot of potential here in Spain and we must take advantage of it, seeing artificial intelligence not only as a catalyst for Industry 4.0, but as a means of positioning ourselves as the main producers in the robot sector which will be in high demand in the coming years.

In addition to production, we also have a high percentage of qualified professionals for the design and maintenance of these new allies, which contrary to what is believed, will generate many sources of employment through disruptive technologies.

The European Union’s plan for 2020 is to establish the position of the main countries in innovation and new technologies, and in Spain we have everything we need to do so.

I leave you with a link to the interview, hope you like it.

Robot producers not consumers: an employment opportunity according to an expert

https://www.efe.com/efe/castillayleon/portada/producir-robots-en-lugar-de-consumirlos-un-factor-empleo-segun-experto/50000470-3934984

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.