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Bossy assembly robot says you're doing it wrong
Bossy assembly robot says you're doing it wrong
Industrial robots are big, stupid, and dangerous. Walk between an automated welder and the SUV it's assembling and you'll find yourself fused to the frame, destined to sit unwanted at the back corner of some dealer's lot. But, keeping bots and humans separated on an assembly line isn't always practical. Enter ARoS, a machine that's not only capable of working safely with people, but being ...
Robot tells human off for doing it wrong
newscientist.com — The video below shows a scenario that is likely to become real as industrial robots improve: a... human and a robot work together to assemble an object from its parts. But in the clip from the University of Minho , Portugal, not everything is going to ... (more) Robot tells human off for doing it wrong
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Assembly Robot
Tech Blog — ... ARoS is an assembly robot "that's not only capable of working safely with people, but being totally condescending while doing it." Video after the break. In a demonstration video it repeatedly tells its hapless helper how incompetent he is. [via Engadget]

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