Candriam's Van der Biest: Demographics are a long-term driver behind robotics revolution

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Robotics have already revolutionised our manufacturing processes and they are now about to change our lifestyles as well, according to Johan Van der Biest, senior fund manager at Candriam Investors Group.

In March this year Candriam launched a new Robotics and Innovative Technology strategy. The strategy is the latest addition to Candriam's thematic strategies which already include specialist funds in demography and biotechnology. Van der Biest said: "Unprecedented technological progress will provide robots with increasing autonomy enabling them to learn, to think and to recognise information. And robots will be a major influence in tackling demographic challenges such as the aging population and the shrinking active workforce." Over the past few decades, companies involved in robotics...

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