- Economists claim that robots could take over 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world by 2030. According to a new study from Oxford Economics, within the next 11 years there could be 14 million robots put to work in China alone. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/26/robots-could-take-over-20-million-jobs-by-2030-study-claims.html 10 comments science