Research ideas tagged “automation”

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Seed2026-10-23

Warehouse robots and the workers beside them

Warehouse automation, operations and order picking appear on 63 recent papers in the operations research and AI journals, but only 10 of them carry a labour, worker, human, injury or wage keyword. Warehouses are where robots meet the most people. Do robots raise pace and injuries for the remaining workers, and do wages follow productivity?

Papers in the last 30 days — warehouse automation: 1 · order picking: 1

operations research labor automation

Seed2026-10-23

Minimum wages and the machines that replace the minimum-wage job

The minimum wage appears on 34 recent papers in the economics and finance journals, but only 2 of 44 minimum-wage papers carry an automation, robot or technology keyword. Self-checkouts, kiosks and warehouse robots are cheapest where wages are highest. Do minimum wage increases speed up automation, and over what horizon?

Papers in the last 30 days — minimum wage: 1 · labor demand: 3

economics labor automation