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I know the difference between a cobot, like what Rethink Robotics made, and an industrial robot. But a pepper and thus a box of peppers is mostly air. It can't
by bmitc 3y ago
I know the difference between a cobot, like what Rethink Robotics made, and an industrial robot. But a pepper and thus a box of peppers is mostly air. It can't weigh anywhere close to an adult man. So the drive needed on the motors to pick up, place, and crush the man would be several times that of the box of peppers. I would think any industrial robot would have limit safety points for excessive drive beyond its intended use. The robots are used to do literally the same task every day, so it's surprising something like that isn't in place.
Additionally, you would think there would be at least some vision system in place for safety purposes.
My point is that there were safety failures at every level here.