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AI Can Improve How Humans and Robots Work
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AI Can Improve How Humans and Robots Work

by Benedict Jun Ma, Maria Jesus Saenz
July 2025
Intermediate to advanced
8 pages
20m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review
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improving system productivity and job satisfaction. AI
also makes it easier for humans to transition between
dierent roles as the system adapts to their evolving
skills and provides necessary support. For example,
skilled human pickers who are familiar with the ware-
house layout and robot workows can transition into
roles as technicians who can monitor the robot eet’s
performance through dashboards or as managers who
can train new employees to work most eciently.
Task performance. AI enhances task performance
in warehouses by continuously learning from opera-
tional data and improving task execution. ...
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ISBN: 53863MIT67104