The essence of collaborative robots is being a “human production partner“—they retain the advantages of robots such as “high precision and high endurance,” while addressing the pain points of traditional robots, such as “human-robot isolation and complex debugging,” through safety design and flexible deployment.

In the future, with the integration of AI and visual recognition technologies, collaborative robots will further develop towards being “smarter (e.g., autonomous path planning), lighter and more compact (e.g., wearable collaborative robotic arms), and more affordable,” with application scenarios expanding from manufacturing to areas such as household services, education, and scientific research.