Author: Jake Kauffman

Manufacturing

Panasonic, Toyota helping to make automated workplaces safer

An image of humans and robots working side by side The two companies focused on developing solutions that would make human interaction with robots safer in the workplace and help ensure the efficiencies of robot deployment would not increase injuries. Robots have of course been deployed in manufacturing for many years. Picture vehicle assembly lines with robot arms seemingly performing most of the tasks with barely a human in sight. In most environments, robots and people are strictly segregated

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