Astrid Heidemann Lassen
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About
Astrid Heidemann Lassen is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, manufacturing, and human-centered workplace design. Her scholarship focuses on how collaborative robots — or cobots — are integrated into industrial environments, with particular attention to the human dimensions of that transition: how workers learn, adapt, and interact with increasingly autonomous technologies on the shop floor. Lassen's most influential contributions address a persistent gap between cobot capability and operator readiness. Her hands-on training framework for novice operators challenges assumptions that cobots are inherently intuitive, demonstrating instead that thoughtful instructional design is essential for effective adoption — work that has accumulated over ten citations across multiple publication venues. Complementing this, her thematic analysis of robotisation literature applies soft systems thinking to untangle the complex relationships between technology, organisation, and people that emerge when robots become value-adding "workers" — a conceptual contribution already drawing meaningful scholarly attention with four citations since its 2024 publication. Taken together, Lassen's research offers both practical guidance for industry and theoretical frameworks for scholars grappling with the societal implications of manufacturing automation. Her work is particularly valuable for students and practitioners seeking to understand not just what robots can do, but how organisations and people can be prepared to work alongside them effectively.
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