are yet scooted that in new york now some say automation and digitization present a horris inari or the factories that feature could wipe out millions of jobs others say all sorts of new positions will pop up but try telling someone who's been working for the same a firm for decades. here at german electronics giant bosch workers are still operating the machines but those machines are capable of doing many tasks on their own how will that be in the future technology is developing at a rapid pace and that has a direct effect on the working world more and more jobs can be performed by robots especially in traditional manufacturing industries companies invest in robots because they save money money they can invest in other areas older employees between fifty and retirement age often get left by the wayside a study by consulting firm mercer says that's a worldwide phenomenon. especially in china where workers fifty years and older have a seventy nine percent chance of being replaced by automation technology in robot friendly japan the risk is actually lower at fifty nine percent right here