The tragic incident highlighted a major technological challenge: As we move towards an increasingly automated world, how do we reach a point where robots and humans can exist side-by-side, sharing space and collaborating on tasks?
Safe and efficient robot-human interaction – dubbed "collaborative robotics" or "cobotics" – has the power to transform assembly lines, domestic work, healthcare and logistics.
As it stands, industrial robots are far too dangerous to share space with humans – having been linked to more than 20 fatal accidents in the U.S. alone – and so tend to be shielded by large screens.
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