Angelika Trübswetter

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Total Citations

137

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About

Angelika Trübswetter is a leading researcher in human-robot collaboration (HRC) within industrial production, with a particular focus on the critical human factors that determine the success of these emerging technologies. Her work bridges engineering and social science to understand how assembly workers perceive and accept robotic coworkers. Her most influential paper, "Friend or Foe? Understanding Assembly Workers’ Acceptance of Human-robot Collaboration" (2020, 126 citations), provides foundational insights into the psychological and practical barriers to HRC adoption, revealing that worker acceptance is shaped by factors like perceived safety, job security, and trust—not just technical capability. This study has become a key reference for researchers and practitioners designing collaborative workstations. Trübswetter also contributed the German-language study "Mensch-Roboter-Kollaboration in der Produktion" (2018), which documented the surprisingly low real-world implementation of HRC despite its theoretical promise, based on findings from the SafeMate research project. Her work is essential for anyone seeking to implement human-centered automation in manufacturing, demonstrating that the success of Industry 4.0 depends as much on understanding people as on perfecting robots.