Cobots in Industry 4.0 - A Roadmap for Future Practice Studies on Human–Robot Collaboration
Astrid Weiss, Ann-Kathrin Wortmeier, and Bettina Kubicek
Reviews the shift from full automation toward collaborative robots, or cobots, that share the workspace with people. Proposes a research agenda for the social and organizational side of cobot adoption.
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