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

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...