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Specification, ISO/TS 15066:2016. This Technical Specification covers collaborative robotics - requirements of robots and the integrated applications. ISO 10218-1 contains the requirements for robots - including those with optional capabilities to enable collaborative applications. ISO 10218-2:2011 and ISO/TS 15066 contain the safety requirements for both collaborative and non-collaborative robot applications. Technically, the <collaborative> robot application includes the robot, end-effector (mounted to the robot arm or manipulator to perform tasks which can include manipulating or handling objects) and the workpiece (if an object is handled).
136:. Instead, motive power was provided by the human worker. The cobot's function was to allow computer control of motion, by redirecting or steering a payload, in a cooperative way with the human worker. Later, cobots provided limited amounts of motive power as well. General Motors and an industry working group used the term Intelligent Assist Device (IAD) as an alternative to cobot, which was viewed as too closely associated with the company Cobotics. At the time, the market demand for Intelligent Assist Devices and the safety standard "T15.1 Intelligent Assist Devices - Personnel Safety Requirements" was to improve
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in 2015 - the FANUC CR-35iA with a heavy 35 kg payload. Since that time FANUC has released a smaller line of collaborative robots including the FANUC CR-4iA, CR-7iA and the CR-7/L long arm version, and also a full line of standard cobots including the CRX-5iA, CRX-10iA, CRX-10iA/L, CRX-20iA,
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The safety of a collaborative robot application is the issue since there is NO official term of "cobot" (within robot standardization). Cobot is considered to be a sales or marketing term because "collaborative" is determined by the application. For example, a robot wielding a cutting tool or a
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released its first cobot, the UR5, in 2008. This cobot could safely operate alongside employees, eliminating the need for safety caging or fencing. The new robot helped launch the era of flexible, user-friendly and cost-efficient collaborative robots. In 2012,
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CRX-20iA/L and CRX-30iA. They're also the first company in the world to have the first explosion proof rated cobot, used in painting applications and other hazardous environments like loading munitions or working in areas needing ex-proof rated equipment.
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In 2023, Gautam Siwach and Cheryl Li showcase transformative applications of
Natural Language Processing for improving communication between humans and collaborative robots (
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released YuMi in 2015, the first collaborative dual arm robot. In
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