Can Vision and Artificial Intelligence Make Every Robot Collaborative? - Practical Machinist

That is the aim of this Boston-area startup. This year, it expects to come to market with technology to make even fast and powerful industrial robots safe to approach. The technology promises to eliminate the need for guarding around them -- safety measures that might not be as safe as you think. Automated manufacturing facilities are full of physical barriers -- guarding and fences -- because of our fears. That is, because of our entirely legitimate fears. Automated systems, industrial robots in particular, are capable of moving fast and unexpectedly, imperiling a human who comes too close.