How Robots Can Assist - Not Replace - Humans In Factories

On average there are 84 robots for every factory 10,000 workers, according to the International Federation of Robotics. For years, robots have had a bad reputation for stealing workers' jobs. The rise of robots in factories has also increased the possibility of injury. Traditionally, robots needed to operate in separate spaces from humans.

Collaborative robots, or cobots, have been working with humans on the factory floor for years, but when it comes to the large-scale industrial robots that can lift and move massive pieces of manufacturing, the danger to human workers is so great that the robots are bolted down to the factory floor behind fences so a human never comes near them.

Veo Robotics recently rolled out its new sensor technology, which gives robots spatial awareness of every object and obstacle in their reach.


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How Robots Can Assist - Not Replace - Humans In Factories

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