Lissabon: Glaciar 2018
ISBN 978-989-8776-69-3, 251 S., portugiesisch, Broschur
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Titelinformation des Verlags:
Approaching the topic of robotics-work relation in a general and
international context enables the possibility to know more about the
impacts in different sectors. In this book the main discussion
themes are followed in order to understand which the main dimensions
are included in such debate. In that way, it becomes possible to
the possible answers and available alternatives. The book follows
the themes of relation between employment and technology, the
automation as rationalization process and robotics as a technology
reference. The other topics are the emergence of ethical, legal and
social aspects of this technology, the development that can be
perceived in the case of Portugal, and the conclusions about the
limits and perspectives of new robotic developments. This edition
has empirical information on the Portuguese case and also includes
data from the main resources of the global debate on this issue: the
the new developments of automation and its relation with the work
content and employment. The author underlined the importance of the
contribute that he got from the discussions at the ITAS Working
Group on Robotics Technology Assessment, and at the ITAS Research
Group on Technology and Work, in Germany, and at the Observatory
of Technology Assessment at CICS.NOVA in Portugal. The book is
include in a series supported by the Portuguese-American Foundation
for Development (FLAD) and was published by Glaciar.