Type:
Policy briefs
5 pages
Automating physical tasks using AI-based systems in the workplace: cases and recommendations
Keywords:With industrial robot sales registering a 31% increase between 2020 and 2021, their growing adoption in the workplace presents new OSH opportunities and challenges. This policy brief focuses on three different-sized European companies that have implemented advanced robotics for the automation of tasks to varying degrees.
Involving workers early in the process, clearly communicating the reasons and objectives behind the automation, and offering training and education opportunities were some of the key factors that helped the companies along the implementation process.