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May 08, 2026
Coders Increasingly Needed in Smart Robot Era
The advancement of robotics technology is not eliminating the role of programmers; instead, it is skyrocketing the demand for them. Behind every sophisticated mechanical arm sorting packages or welding cars, the industry absolutely needs humans to write code, build systems based on the Robot Operating System (ROS), and implement artificial intelligence. A World Economic Forum report notes a massive shift where the loss of tens of millions of repetitive jobs due to automation is accompanied by the creation of 97 million new roles dominated by coding skills.