6,000 job ads for robotics in May

by Frank Tobe

27 June 2012

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… During May 2012, 6,000 job ads for robotics were posted – a 29% year-over-year growth and twice the volume of similar ads in May 2010, reported Wanted Analytics, a Canadian research firm providing “business intelligence for the talent marketplace.”
… 33% of the job postings were for healthcare practitioners with a robotics skill set and Phoenix, Detroit, New York City, Sacramento and Chicago had the highest number of want ads.
… Good info in want ads: Lenovo in Shenzhen wants a PhD Roboticist to lead movement to vision and interactive intelligence based on cloud computing.

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Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.

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