Identifying technology convergence in the field of robotics research

Toshihiro Kose and Ichiro Sakata

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019, vol. 146, issue C, 751-766

Abstract: Robots have been developed as a result of the merging of various sophisticated technologies such as mechanical engineering, control systems, electronics, and software and they have played a significant role in automating the manufacturing industry. However, their rate of introduction in service sectors, especially the medical and healthcare sectors, is much slower than expected. Technology convergence may be one of the keys to promote the introduction of robots in new sectors e.g., the medical & healthcare sectors.

Keywords: Citation network analysis; Robotics; Technology convergence; Tech mining; Technological relatedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.09.005

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