Demystifying Industrial Automation, With Dave Vasko

From bottle manufacturing to machine repair, automation has made
just about every industry more efficient and adaptive to consumer
demands. But despite its omnipresence, policymakers have failed
to fully understand what drives industrial automation and why it
matters for the economy. Rob sat down with Dave Vasko, director
of advanced technology at Rockwell Automation, to discuss the
latest trends in industrial automation—including innovations
powered by artificial intelligence and virtual reality—and to
consider how policymakers can spur manufacturing productivity and
ensure the United States is globally competitive.

Mentioned:


Robert D. Atkinson and Daron Acemoglu debate: “Is the United
States Tax System Favoring Excessive Automation?” (ITIF event,
November 2020).

Robert D. Atkinson, “Federal Statistical Needs for a National
Advanced Industry and Technology Strategy” (ITIF, July 2021).

Stephen J. Ezell, “Why Manufacturing Digitalization Matters
and How Countries Are Supporting It” (ITIF, April 2018). 

Lawrence Summers and Alan Auerbach, “The Investment Tax
Credit: An Evaluation” (National Bureau of Economic Research,
November 1979). 



Related:


Robert D. Atkinson, “10 Types of Work to Automate or Move
Online for a COVID-19 World” (ITIF, July 2020).

Robert D. Atkinson, “The Enterprise Automation Imperative—Why
Modern Societies Will Need All the Productivity They Can Get”
(ITIF, November 2019).

Robert D. Atkinson, “How MIT’s ‘Work of the Future’ Project
Gets It Wrong: Raising Taxes on Machinery and Software Would Kill
Jobs and Hamper Wage Growth” (ITIF, 2020).