I haven’t read the article yet, but is it because robotics in general can be very dangerous, and proper industry safety practices require distance from machine with any physical capability to cause harm?
In other words, it’s just best practice common sense safety.
There was a Smarter Every Day video where this was briefly covered, I think it was the one in a shop that manufactures frisbees for Frisbee Golf. In the factory they have a ton of different robots doing different parts of the manufacturing processes. Several of the robots are in cages - these are the ones that could physically harm any-one/thing inside the cage - and other, more simple machines that are safe for humans to get close to.
If the robot is working correctly, it will be safe to be around. However you can’t be sure it will work correctly, for a variety of reasons, and as such you shouldn’t get within range. If you want a robot people can get close to, you need to limit its capabilities such that even if it fails it cannot harm people. Simple as that.
Edit1: Lmfao, when I’d only read the title for some reason I thought this was the guy behind the movie iRobot, not some robotics business - of course those robots wouldn’t be safe to be around…
Edit2: Yep, it’s basic safety around machines. If they machine has the physical strength to cause harm, you need to mitigate the risk of that happening by either keeping people away or limiting the capability to a safe level. Even if under normal operation it won’t cause harm, you need to consider failure scenarios.
I haven’t read the article yet, but is it because robotics in general can be very dangerous, and proper industry safety practices require distance from machine with any physical capability to cause harm?
In other words, it’s just best practice common sense safety.
There was a Smarter Every Day video where this was briefly covered, I think it was the one in a shop that manufactures frisbees for Frisbee Golf. In the factory they have a ton of different robots doing different parts of the manufacturing processes. Several of the robots are in cages - these are the ones that could physically harm any-one/thing inside the cage - and other, more simple machines that are safe for humans to get close to.
If the robot is working correctly, it will be safe to be around. However you can’t be sure it will work correctly, for a variety of reasons, and as such you shouldn’t get within range. If you want a robot people can get close to, you need to limit its capabilities such that even if it fails it cannot harm people. Simple as that.
Edit1: Lmfao, when I’d only read the title for some reason I thought this was the guy behind the movie iRobot, not some robotics business - of course those robots wouldn’t be safe to be around…
Edit2: Yep, it’s basic safety around machines. If they machine has the physical strength to cause harm, you need to mitigate the risk of that happening by either keeping people away or limiting the capability to a safe level. Even if under normal operation it won’t cause harm, you need to consider failure scenarios.
You literally didnt read the article. Anyone who reads your post has no idea what the article was about.