OSHA Calls for Review of Machine Safety Rule in Age of Robotics May 29, 2019 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is considering an update to the rules governing the...
Electrical Fault in Battery Caused Huge Blaze at Ocado’s UK Distribution Center April 29, 2019 British online grocer Ocado said a huge blaze which destroyed its major distribution center in Andover, southern England, was caused...
Companies Still Learning About Fire Risks Around Robots March 6, 2019 By Katie Linsell and Ellen Milligan The Andover fire brigade was alerted at 2.34 a.m. About 2 miles across town, a fire had broken out in...
Robots, Drones Changing How Oil Firms Handle Dangerous Offshore Work May 13, 2018 By Liz Hampton At BP’s massive Thunder Horse oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a dog-sized robot called Maggie uses magnetic...
How One German Company Is Making Workplace Robots Safer for Humans September 18, 2017 By Oliver Sachgau Two years ago, a robot crushed a 22-year-old man to death at a Volkswagen AG factory in Germany after the...
Popular Robots Appear Dangerously Easy to Hack, Researchers Say August 22, 2017 By Jeremy Kahn Some of the most popular industrial and consumer robots are dangerously easy to hack and could be turned into bugging...
Cobots: Making It Safe for Humans, Robots to Work Side-by-Side August 25, 2015 By Olivia Solon In June this year a robot crushed a man to death in a Volkswagen factory in Germany. The 22-year-old maintenance...