“New research coming out of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) suggests that letting robots have control over human tasks in manufacturing is not just more efficient — it’s actually preferred by workers.”
Source: newsoffice.mit.edu
At a guess, I’d say this would be true because it frees the human workers from thinking about time/motion efficiencies while doing work requiring detailed motor skills.
See on Scoop.it – Cultibotics