Aug
22
From the means to the end, collaborative robots are reshaping human roles in China's workforce
(Xinhua) The boundary between reality and science fiction is fading fast.
At a robotics company in Beijing, my morning began with a coffee made by a dual-arm robot. It expertly brewed the espresso, frothed the milk, and handed me a latte carefully topped with a decorative image of my choice. Coffee in hand, I stepped into an adjoining massage room, where another robot assessed my physical condition before gently placing its mechanical arm on my back to deliver a soothing massage.
Behind this and other futuristic scenes are the collaborative robots, or "cobots," manufactured by AUBO (Beijing) Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. Unlike typical industrial robots, which generally operate within physically isolated units, cobots work directly alongside their human colleagues.
At a robotics company in Beijing, my morning began with a coffee made by a dual-arm robot. It expertly brewed the espresso, frothed the milk, and handed me a latte carefully topped with a decorative image of my choice. Coffee in hand, I stepped into an adjoining massage room, where another robot assessed my physical condition before gently placing its mechanical arm on my back to deliver a soothing massage.
Behind this and other futuristic scenes are the collaborative robots, or "cobots," manufactured by AUBO (Beijing) Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. Unlike typical industrial robots, which generally operate within physically isolated units, cobots work directly alongside their human colleagues.