How Robots Can Assist - Not Replace - Humans In Factories

On average there are 84 robots for every factory 10,000 workers, according to the International Federation of Robotics. For years, robots have had a bad reputation for stealing workers' jobs. The rise of robots in factories has also increased the possibility of injury. Traditionally, robots needed to operate in separate spaces from humans.

Collaborative robots, or cobots, have been working with humans on the factory floor for years, but when it comes to the large-scale industrial robots that can lift and move massive pieces of manufacturing, the danger to human workers is so great that the robots are bolted down to the factory floor behind fences so a human never comes near them.

Veo Robotics recently rolled out its new sensor technology, which gives robots spatial awareness of every object and obstacle in their reach.

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How Robots Can Assist - Not Replace - Humans In Factories

[Olympics]

How robots can assist - not replace - humans in the factory (but eventually replace when you are used to them)

[clank]

Robots will also help the worker out the door.

[mguanipa]

Ya because companies totally wanna pay for robots & humans at the same time.
Automation will win at the end of the day

[lucaliberati]

In Italy before robot one machine five workers, now with robots five machines one worker .

[ChrisInvests]

We will always need humans to service the robots 🤖

[oswaldo]

It's a double edged sword for corporations. When people are unemployed, demand goes down therefore profits for companies hurt them. Point being they invest millions on automation, yet they lose millions in profits are the same time.

[Nunyabusiness]

Firing 5+ employees so you only need one and calling it "collaborative" is manipulative.

[hogatiwash]

we don't want faster product cycles, we want our stuff to last a long time. If products break down faster it's creates more trash.

[Jaffjv]

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords!

[fleshreap]

Can't wait till the people who made this video lose their jobs to automation, then complain about it.

[btfrost]

Just because a human is working with a robot doesn’t mean you’re not replacing people. If a person can do more collaborating with a robot, then you, or the industry, need less employees.

[radityapoerwanto]

This technology actually has long term benefits. They will not beat full automation when it comes to general goods, but luxury goods can now be "handcrafted" by artist or designers. Trust me, this will become a big market for the upper class, and that's big money.

[TahaAlZadjali]

This report was brought by Capitalism.

[handlealreadytaken]

Fluff piece to win favor of our eventual robot overlords.

[ryanb]

Hey, no worries, it's only 1 in 10 ... NOW, but in 10 or 15 years? Capitalists DO NOT want you to consider the exponential trend line!

[imjody]

Can I just say that you, CNBC, create some seriously awesome videos. I'm a new subscriber going through old videos. 😍😊

[CreLounge]

Robots that can detect people have been around since the 90's but they tell you its a new thing

[hyouzanren]

Workers:"how to assist us in doing works with robots!"
Greedy corporations:"how to replace workers with robot for more profit!"

[smartphonemaster]

Good Concept but never gone Reality.robot will definitely replace human workers eventually

[Olympics]

Does anyone ever wonder if this is just an ad by msnbc for companies that want to change the perceptions surrounding automation?