Human Robot Collaboration / MRKReview of the 'Human Robot Forum 2017'
At the end of October 2017, the WEKA Akademie organized the 2nd 'Forum Mensch Roboter' together with the specialist medium Computer&AUTOMATION. The two-day conference focused on the question: How can workers and robots work together safely and effectively in the future?
... Dr. Matthias Umbreit from the Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Wood and Metal (BGHM). Umbreit does not believe that the number of accidents with HRC will increase compared to traditional robotics. On the contrary: he even sees it as an opportunity to protect the health of workers in view of the demographic change in the workforce, namely by removing unergonomic tasks from the process and transferring them to the robot instead. During the breaks, the participants were able to ...