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The present paper is a preliminary attempt to develop a conceptual framework of an interdisciplinary character to study the adoption of robots. This framework, however, is appropriate for the study of adoption at the early stages of diffusion, when uncertainty is high and the imitation forces have not been unleashed; and should be useful for structuring the problem as the basis for assessment and forecasting. 

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