As of June 2026, Robotics Technicians has an AI-exposure score of 59/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Robotics Technicians
More exposed than 61% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$73,900. About 1,300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Architecture & Engineering roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Maintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems.
- Fabricate housings, jigs, fittings, or fixtures, using metalworking machines.
- Install, program, or repair programmable controllers, robot controllers, end-of-arm tools, or conveyors.
- Modify computer-controlled robot movements.
- Align, fit, or assemble components, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes.
- Attach wires between controllers.
- Evaluate the efficiency and reliability of industrial robotic systems, reprogramming or calibrating to achieve maximum quantity and quality.
- Develop robotic path motions to maximize efficiency, safety, and quality.
- Build or assemble robotic devices or systems.
- Program complex robotic systems, such as vision systems.
- Perform preventive or corrective maintenance on robotic systems or components.
- Train customers or other personnel to install, use, or maintain robots.
- Troubleshoot robotic systems, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor or feedback systems, hydraulics, or pneumatics.
- Install new robotic systems in stationary positions or on tracks.
- Document robotics test procedures and results.
- Test performance of robotic assemblies, using instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges.
- Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors.
- Train robots, using artificial intelligence software or interactive training techniques, to perform simple or complex tasks, such as designing and carrying out a series of iterative tests of chemical samples.
- Assist engineers in the design, configuration, or application of robotic systems.
- Inspect installation sites.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (95%).
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