Robots at work: Bridging the gap between the robotic development and workplace use

Despite robots increasingly entering our work lives, we know surprisingly little about their impact on jobs. I will reveal how our work is changing once robots are entering work settings to serve as partners of humans. By following over several years, how robots are developed in the lab and used “in the wild” I will reveal unexpected consequences of robots for the tasks, team and role dimensions of work. The findings will then be fed back to engineering labs, implementors and policymakers to ensure that future generation of robots is designed to support rather than undermine our work lives.