People have had a pretty good idea that factory robots are dangerous since at least January 1979, when Ford employee Robert Williams became the first person in history to be killed by a robot. This ...

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Industrial robots get lots done, but they're expensive, dangerous and hard to program. That's why roboticists are turning to cobots - collaborative robots made to work alongside us and, perhaps one ...

German robotics firm Franka Emika has been awarded the prestigious German Future Prize 2017. Its Panda robot is affordable, safe, made in Germany and easy to use for everyone. Munich-based Franka ...

Industrial robot arms are expensive and come with a long list of caveats including concerns over whether they can work safely alongside humans. Franka Emika, a new product coming in 2017 to the ...