Automation
Collaborative Robot (Cobot)
A robot system designed with features that can support defined forms of human-robot collaboration when the complete application is appropriately risk assessed.
Why it matters
The term collaborative does not eliminate hazards; tooling, payload, speed, environment and task design still determine the required safeguards.
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