Search Results - subject:"robotics"

Micco, Alejandro - 2019 - This version: June 2019

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The mirror for (artificial) intelligence : working in whose reflection?

Moore, Phoebe V. - 2019

-augmented tools and applications in human resources, robotics, and gig work are incorporated into workplaces, facilitate workplace …

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Automation, skills and the future of work : what do workers think?

Mulas Granados, Carlos; Varghese, Richard; Boranova, Vizhdan - 2019

We exploit a survey data set that contains information on how 11,000 workers across advanced and emerging market economies perceive the main forces shaping the future of work. In general, workers feel more positive than negative about automation, especially in emerging markets. We find that...

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Robot-human-learning for robotic picking processes

Rieder, Mathias; Verbeet, Richard - In: Artificial intelligence and digital transformation in …, (pp. 87-114). 2019

Purpose: This research paper aims to create an environment which enables robots to learn from humans by algorithms of Computer Vision and Machine Learning for object detection and gripping. The proposed concept transforms manual picking to highly automated picking performed by robots....

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Primer on artificial intelligence and robotics

Raj, Manav; Seamans, Robert - In: Journal of organization design : JOD 8 (2019) 1/11, pp. 1-14

This article provides an introduction to artificial intelligence, robotics, and research streams that examine the … intelligence and robotics in the economics and management literature and summarize the dominant approaches taken by scholars in … this area. We discuss the implications of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation for organizational design and …

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Long term COST-minimization analysis of robot-assisted hysterectomy versus conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy

Martínez-Maestre, María A.; Melero-Cortés, Lidia M.; … - In: Health economics review 9 (2019) 18, pp. 1-10

Background: The aim of this study is to carry out the economic evaluation, in term of a cost-minimization analysis that considers healthcare costs and indirect costs, of robot-assisted hysterectomy (RAH) compared with conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy (CLH) in female adults scheduled for...

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Fewer babies and more robots : economic growth in a new era of demographic and technological changes

Jimeno, Juan F. - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 10 (2019) 2, pp. 93-114

This paper surveys recent research on the macroeconomic implications of demographic and technological changes. Lower fertility and increasing longevity have implications on the age population structure and, therefore, on the balance between savings and investment. Jointly with meagre...

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We were the robots : automation and voting behavior in Western Europe

Anelli, Massimo; Colantone, Italo; Stanig, Piero - 2019

We investigate the impact of robot adoption on electoral outcomes in 14 Western European countries, between 1993 and 2016. We employ both official election results at the district level and individual-level voting data, combined with party ideology scores from the Manifesto Project. We measure...

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We were the robots : automation and voting behavior in Western Europe

Anelli, Massimo; Colantone, Italo; Stanig, Piero - 2019

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Automation and future of garment sector jobs : a case study of India

Vashisht, Pankaj; Rani, Nisha - 2019

Robotics has been redefining the production process across manufacturing industries, raising serious concern about the … jobs. Based on secondary data analysis and key informant interviews, the paper argues that though technically robotics can …

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