Using a newly collected dataset of robot use at the plant level from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first microscopic … portrait of robotisation in Germany and study the potential determinants of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis uncovers … five stylised facts concerning both extensive and, perhaps more importantly, intensive margin of plant-level robot use: (1 …

Using a newly collected dataset with plant-level information of robot use from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first … microscopic portrait of robotisation in Germany and study the potential determinants of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis … uncovers five stylised facts concerning both extensive and, perhaps more importantly, intensive margin of plant-level robot use …

least a robot- as a material handling device-, a co-worker with human or autonomous robot, and some other relevant systems …

Automation transforms the combination of tasks performed by machines and humans, and reshapes existing labour markets …