Plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century that requires innovative and varied solutions. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder perspectives exploring challenges and opportunities for...

RobCo is a young start-up from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) that currently employs more than 30 people. They specialise in modular robots with cloud-based software, which enables small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to easily utilise automated robots without the need for the...

This paper examines the labor market implications of investment in automation over the life cycle of ICT and robot technologies from 1995 to 2017 in 163 European regions. We first identify major technological breakthroughs during this period for these automation technologies and identify the...