In decades past, the rigid, mechanical movements of traditional robots were confined to segregated sectors in factories. Their function was fixed, and their interactions were limited. Enter the cobot ...

Cobots are industrial robots designed to work alongside humans in a shared space. They typically take the form of a single ...

Cobots—collaborative robots that can work safely alongside humans—are finding greater use in industrial environments. According to research firm SkyQuest, the global Collaborative Robot Market value ...

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Robots have been many the assembly line for decades. They handle chores like lifting cars or welding that would be unsafe or difficult for their human counterparts. These robots are often placed ...

Stacey Moser, Chief Commercial Officer, Universal Robots. In automating factory functions, larger companies have typically turned to expensive, complex industrial robots and expert in-house engineers.

When it comes to automating factory operations, big corporations have traditionally relied on costly industrial robots that are operated by expert in-house engineers. But an increasing number of ...

As much as collaborative robots (cobots)—which are designed to share a workspace with humans—have been a game-changing force over the past few years, industrial robots have certainly held their own, ...

Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Walking across the floor of SEW-Eurodrive’s factory in Baden-Württemberg is like moving through a time warp.

Editor's Note: This story is publishing in partnership with the Financial Times. It originally appeared in the series Robots: Friend or Foe. Walking across the floor of SEW-Eurodrive’s factory in ...