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Robotics Technicians
Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors.Mostly human for now
- 02Troubleshoot robotic systems, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor or feedback systems, hydraulics, or pneumatics.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Install, program, or repair programmable controllers, robot controllers, end-of-arm tools, or conveyors.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Maintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Modify computer-controlled robot movements.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Perform preventive or corrective maintenance on robotic systems or components.Mostly human for now
- 07Align, fit, or assemble components, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes.Mostly human for now
- 08Attach wires between controllers.Mostly human for now
- 09Evaluate the efficiency and reliability of industrial robotic systems, reprogramming or calibrating to achieve maximum quantity and quality.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Test performance of robotic assemblies, using instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
42%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 58% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 48% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors.
- Perform preventive or corrective maintenance on robotic systems or components.
- Align, fit, or assemble components, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes.