Impact of robotics on manufacturing: A longitudinal machine learning perspective

María Teresa Ballestar, Ángel Díaz-Chao, Jorge Sainz () and Joan Torrent-Sellens ()

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2021, vol. 162, issue C

Abstract: The evaluation of the impact of the adoption of industrial robotics on business is increasingly relevant in the current context of digital transformation. Although many companies are eager to adopt these technologies as a means to increase productivity, some concerns have been raised about the cost impact of the transformation, and its effect on the workforce.

Keywords: Robotics; Productivity; Machine learning; Longitudinal clustering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120348

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