Micro-data on robots have been very sparse in Germany so far. Consequently, a dedicated section has been introduced in … data preparation. The resulting data is aggregated on industry level and compared with the frequently used robot data by … the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) which contains robot supplier information on aggregate robot stocks and …

robotization in Germany and study the correlates of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis uncovers five stylized facts: (1 …) Robot use is relatively rare. (2) The distribution of robots is highly skewed. (3) New robot adopters contribute … substantially to the recent robotization. (4) Robot users are exceptional. (5) Heterogeneity in robot types matters. Our regression …