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20/37 ▽Post-COVID-19: Emerging Social Issues（Changes in Manufacturing）

COVID-19 is having a huge impact on human life and the economy, but is also accelerating the pace of social change. For example, progress to date in new labor-saving efforts through the use of collaborative robots, remote medicine and the emergence of demand for remote and labor-saving solutions for railway stations has been held back by an array of regulations and cost issues. However, driven by the need to prevent the spread of COVID-19, serious consideration is now being given to the immediate implementation of such solutions. OMRON had expected to see such opportunities emerge in the future but what we are seeing is that these opportunities are materializing now. Today, I will showcase OMRON's efforts to capture such new opportunities from three perspectives: changes in manufacturing, changes in medicine and changes in society and services. I will start with changes in manufacturing.