by Jessica Leber, Technology Review
Robots designed to work alongside humans could change the way we think of manufacturing. Automation giant ABB, based in Zurich, has developed Frida, a two-armed concept robot meant to be carried around and mounted to regular workstations on the manufacturing floor. ABB says Frida can be “easily interchanged with a human coworker” when new layouts are needed. Ever since General Motors first put “Unimate” on an assembly line in 1961, most manufacturing robots have worked in isolation, caged off from human workers. Now a new breed of more flexible robot is being developed to work more closely with people.
http://www.technologyreview.com/photogallery/428570/the-next-wave-of-factory-robots/
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