Kristina Tornbjerg

Investigating Human-Robot Cooperation in a Hospital Environment: Scrutinising Visions and Actual Realisation of Mobile Robots in Service Work

This study analysed work activity in a hospital basement where humans and robots interacted and cooperated on logistics tasks. The robots were deployed to automate parts of courier processes and improve the work environment for the hospital’s kitchen staff. Human–robot cooperation was studied through ethnographic fiel…