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• The Da Vinci surgical system: This is an example of the Master-Slave Cobot. It has Robotic arms that translate
the surgeon’s hand movements into smaller and more precise actions for less invasive surgical procedures.
• Companion Cobot: Co-Companionship is crucial in elderly care. Research indicates that chronic loneliness
can impact older adults’ memory, physical well-being, mental health, and life expectancy. Burgeoning elderly
population & the rise of nuclear family globally, along with increasing life expectancies & burden of chronic
illnesses, makes providing companionship to seniors and important function that Cobots may be performing
in the near future.
Task #Interdisciplinary
Write a detailed note on “how the precision of a robotics arm helps surgeons in complex surgeries”?
Progress from Robots to Cobots
The first cobot was invented in 1996 by two professors J. Edward Colgate and Michael Peshkin. A cobot is a robot
designed to work safely alongside humans. It is a device and method for direct physical interaction between
a person and a computer-controlled manipulator. Universal Robots is one of the largest robot suppliers in the
world, released their first cobot in 2008.
Collaborative robots (cobots) possess the innate ability to work in tandem with humans, whereas traditional
industrial robots work in place of humans.
Cobots can fulfill various roles. They can take over activities that employees experience as ‘boring’ and
‘monotonous’. For example, tightening screws or packing boxes. In this way an employee can perform more
complex tasks and production can be increased.
Robotics cause a lot of dust to be blown up. For example, it is suggested that robots will take up jobs and
workers feel threatened. However, there are also claims that the advent of cobots has the opposite effect. The
advantages of using cobots are, that robots no longer have to be in cages or safety zones. Cobots are equipped
with force-feedback sensors that prevent them from injuring colleagues. They are also easier to program and
can be used more flexibly than industrial robots.
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