We study the effect of the adoption of automation technologies - industrial robots, and software and databases - on the incidence of atypical employment in 13 EU countries between 2006 and 2018. We find that industrial robots significantly increase atypical employment share, mostly through...

How does Artificial Intelligence (AI) affect the task content of work, and how do workers adjust to the diffusion of AI in the economy? To answer these important questions, we combine novel patent-based measures of AI and robot exposure with individual survey data on tasks performed on the job...

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...