1. Facing with Collaborative Robots: The Subjective Experience in Senior and Younger Workers.
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Rossato, Chiara, Pluchino, Patrik, Cellini, Nicola, Jacucci, Giulio, Spagnolli, Anna, and Gamberini, Luciano
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WORK experience (Employment) , *EXPERIMENTAL design , *USER-centered system design , *STATISTICS , *LABOR productivity , *ANALYSIS of variance , *AGE distribution , *BLUE collar workers , *ROBOTICS , *LABOR supply , *SURVEYS , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *EMPLOYEES' workload , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *OCCUPATIONAL adaptation , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *FRIEDMAN test (Statistics) , *DATA analysis , *DATA analysis software , *VOLUNTEER service , *CUSTOMER satisfaction , *VIDEO recording - Abstract
In the past few years, collaborative robots (i.e., cobots) have been largely adopted within industrial manufacturing. Although robots can support companies and workers in carrying out complex activities and improving productivity, human factors related to cobot operators have not yet been thoroughly investigated. The present study aims to understand the subjective experience of younger and senior workers interacting with an industrial collaborative robot. Results show that workers' acceptance of cobots is high, regardless of age and control modality used. Interesting differences between seniors and younger adults emerged in the evaluations of user experience, usability, and perceived workload of participants and are detailed and commented in the last part of the work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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