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Beep boop. What if your coworker was a robot?

Cobots, or collaborative robots, are growing in popularity in order to help human employees optimize their efficiency in a number of different industries. From performing simple manufacturing tasks to complex surgical procedures, the goal of cobots is to relieve workers of complicated and time-consuming jobs and help them by partially automating their work, ultimately making their lives easier and safer.

With emerging technologies like AI, machine learning, and intelligent integrated sensors, cobots continue to get smarter all the time. The advanced software within cobots makes them easy for even beginners to use and program. Sensor fusion, intuitive algorithms, and advanced IoT-based sensors enable these robots to perform tasks at the press of a button. Progressing beyond traditional robotics, new cobots are intelligent machines that are able to adapt to their changing environments and assist humans in a broad spectrum of work.

Major companies like Universal Robots and Rethink Robotics, have all focused on collaborative robots since their start, and conventional robotics companies such as KUKA, ABB, and Fanuc have followed suit. Even Amazon has built many of its warehouses specifically for mobile robots. The company ‘employs’ more than 200, 000 robots in their warehouses.

As cobots take on more and more tasks, human workers can focus on the more important aspects of business operations - making humans and robots the ultimate team for efficiency and productivity in the workplace.

Interested in programming the future of cobots? Here’s our list of hot robotics companies hiring now.

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