How to fix being killed by a robot?

Imagine working mere inches away from a large powerful robotic arm that could easily squeeze you to a pulp if you move the wrong way. This happens to be reality for some workers. Pedro Nicolaci, a senior correspondent at business insider and Abishur Prakash who is the world's leading geopolitical futurist helps to shed a light on regulating automation. They argue that it is necessary to regulate the automation industry as well as create programs to deal with the loss of jobs that will inevitably come.

The Japan Times

Regulation of automation is something that many people including Abishur believes is necessary. Just about every major county has already created some form of regulation to protect workers. “As of October 2013, there were 230,000 industrial robots in use in the U.S. [and] according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, robots have caused at least 33 cases of death and injury during the past 30 years.” Injuries and deaths are one of the major things holding countries like the United States and Germany back from jumping all in on automation. The U.S. doesn’t rely very heavily on industrialization for our economy which allows us to take “incremental steps and [get] [an] understanding of the inherent risks through debate and discussion before robot [laws] can be expanded.” On the other hand, “For some countries, like China and Japan, the needs of the moment — economic growth and diversification — outweigh the risks of injury or death.

Protecting workers is the key goal of the regulations that have been put forth by some of the major countries. South Korea has recently developed a robot ethics charter that ensures that all industrial robots are able to be controlled by a human in the case of an emergency as well as that all robots are properly labeled with there info shown. “The European Union has launched its RoboLaw project” which aims to establish specific laws to protect workers. Additionally,  “Germany is [also] experimenting with “medical/biomechanical” requirements for human-robot collaboration in factories.” So far the few regulations there have been have been made by governments or large organizations.

Future Research Questions:
What are some solutions to replace the jobs that will be taken away by automation?