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Special Issue: Human-centric production and logistics system design and management: Transitioning from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0
Guest Editors: Eric H. Grosse, Fabio Sgarbossa, Cecilia Berlin and W. Patrick Neumann

Collaborative or substitutive robots? Effects on workers’ skills in manufacturing activities

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Pages 7922-7955 | Received 15 Mar 2022, Accepted 12 Jul 2023, Published online: 31 Jul 2023

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