By Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, CEO, Disaster Avoidance Experts
A new industrial robot can meet its cycle-time target and still fail its most important workplace test: what happens when an experienced operator believes the machine is wrong?
That question deserves attention as manufacturers accelerate automation. The International Federation of Robotics reported in September that the global stock of industrial robots exceeded five million units in 2025, with more than 600,000 new installations that year.
Increased capacity is real. So is the need to know how employees can challenge the system before a mistake spreads across a shift. [Read more…] about Opinion: What happens when the robot is wrong?