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 …

Globalization and robotics (globotics) are transforming the world economy at an explosive pace since they are driven by …