Robot Shift from Industrial Production to Social Reproduction

Taipale, Sakari; Luca, Federico de; Sarrica, Mauro; Fortunati, Leopoldina

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15672-9_2

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“…There are a few special characteristics regarding robot acceptance in a work context. Robots are viewed as more acceptable in manufacturing than, say, healthcare work or education [35]. However, regardless of the field of work, implementing new technology demands organisational changes and change management [36].…”

Section: Individual Factors Related To Rawmentioning

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Robot Acceptance at Work: A Multilevel Analysis Based on 27 EU Countries

Turja

Oksanen

2019

Int J of Soc Robotics

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Robots are increasingly being used to assist with various tasks ranging from industrial manufacturing to welfare services. This study analysed how robot acceptance at work (RAW) varies between individual and national attributes in EU 27. Eurobarometer surveys collected in 2012 (n = 26,751) and 2014 (n = 27,801) were used as data. Background factors also included country-specific data drawn from the World Bank DataBank. The study is guided by the technology acceptance model and change readiness perspective explaining robot acceptance in terms of individual and cultural attributes. Multilevel studies analysing cultural differences in technological change are exceptionally rare. The multilevel analysis of RAW performed herein accounted for individual and national factors using fixed and random intercepts in a nested data structure. Individuallevel factors explained RAW better than national-level factors. Particularly, personal experiences with robots at work or elsewhere were associated with higher acceptance. At a national level, the technology orientation of the country explained RAW better than the relative risk of jobs being automated. Despite the countries' differences, personal characteristics and experiences with robots are decisive for RAW. Experiences, however, are better enabled in countries open to innovations. The findings are discussed in terms of possible mechanisms through which the technological orientation and social acceptance of robots may be related.

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Section: Individual Factors Related To Rawmentioning

confidence: 99%

Robot Acceptance at Work: A Multilevel Analysis Based on 27 EU Countries

Turja

Oksanen

2019

Int J of Soc Robotics

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“…Applying more refined multivariable analysis to the Eurobarometer data, Taipale and his colleagues [83] specified further that people are reluctant to use robots in the fields of child and elderly care, education, and leisure. Interestingly, pensioners were more willing to accept robots [83]. Takayama and his colleagues [84] had partially different results in their research a few years earlier.…”

Section: Acceptance Of Robots At Workmentioning

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Social Acceptance of Robots in Different Occupational Fields: A Systematic Literature Review

Savela

Turja

Oksanen

2017

Int J of Soc Robotics

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Robots today are working in both industrial and service sectors. Robots have evolved from one-function automatons to intelligent systems of versatile features, and the new generation of service robots are sharing same space and tasks with humans. The aim of this systematic literature review was to examine how the social acceptance of robots in different occupational fields has been studied and what kinds of attitudes the studies have discovered regarding robots as workers. The data were collected in October 2016 from four major bibliographic databases. Preliminary search results included 336 research articles from which 42 were selected to the final research through inclusion criteria. Of the studies, 69 percent concerned robots working in health and social services. Positive attitudes occurred more frequently in studies exposing participants to robots. Robots were considered appropriate for different work tasks. Telepresence robots were highly approved by health care staff. The criticism was directed to decreasing human contact and unnecessary deployment of new technology. Our results imply that attitudes toward robots are positive in many fields of work. Yet there is a need for validated measures and nationally representative data that would help us to further our understanding of social acceptance of robots in work.

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“…Importantly, it is precisely family members who are primary helpers of old relatives, who in practice, can encourage or discourage the introduction of any new technologies into the lives of old people. Old people in Finland are rather willing to make financial investments in technology and changes to their everyday lives at home (Intosalmi, Nykönen and Stenberg, 2013;Kilpeläinen and Seppänen, 2014), and even to accept the use of social robots in health care (Taipale et al, 2015) if they see that it improves their quality of life at home. The distributed competencies within families to help and support old people in using ICTs are crucial in this respect (Rasi and Kilpeläinen, 2016).…”

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ICTs and client trust in the care of old people in Finland

Hirvonen¹

2017

Digital Technologies and Generational Identity

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Robot Shift from Industrial Production to Social Reproduction

Cited by 48 publications

References 12 publications

Robot Acceptance at Work: A Multilevel Analysis Based on 27 EU Countries

Robot Acceptance at Work: A Multilevel Analysis Based on 27 EU Countries

Social Acceptance of Robots in Different Occupational Fields: A Systematic Literature Review

ICTs and client trust in the care of old people in Finland

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