Power outages can be frustrating, especially when they take hours or even days to fix. Luckily, companies in the power sector are beginning to use robotics to restore power faster and to prevent outages in the first place. Here's how robots are helping.
Robots have brought incredible advances to manufacturing but have also brought new workplace safety risks. Here's how to update existing safety standards in the manufacturing industry to help protect against robot-related workplace accidents.
This article explores the impact of human-robot collaboration on workplace safety standards, focusing on the rise of collaborative robots (cobots) supported by artificial intelligence. As cobots become more prevalent in various industries, businesses and regulators must adjust risk assessments a…
Most robots require an emergency stop mechanism for safety precautions, with strict rules on design and placement. However, each machine is unique and needs different power requirements in hazardous situations. Does that mean there are times when an emergency stop does more harm than good?
ergoCub is a collaborative humanoid robot project, born from the collaboration between IIT and INAIL. It aims to improve the working conditions in logistic warehouses, by helping human operators to handle heavy or bulky objects. It is equipped with an artificial intelligence that allows it to le…
