Analyzing Distributed Action in the Making by Comparing Human-Robot Co-Work Scenarios

Abstract

This article presents a methodological approach to analyzing distributed action in the making and applies it to projects of developing human-robot co-work processes. We employ this methodical approach to point out different ways of making robotic labor available for work tasks previously inaccessible to robots. The empirical research was conducted as part of the research project “The social construction of human-robot co-work by means of prototype work settings (SoCoRob)” within the DFG Priority Program 2267 “The digitalization of working worlds. Conceptualizing and capturing a systemic transformation.”