Bergur Thormundsson
Research expert covering technology in the Nordics, AI and smart cities
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The most deployed types of robots in the manufacturing sector include gantry robots, which move along a single axis, and SCARA robots, which are capable of moving along three axes. Among the newest types of robots, both exoskeletons and collaborative robots are designed to work in close proximity to humans. While exoskeletons are attached to human bodies to give wearers increased strength, allowing them to carry heavy loads, collaborative robots share a workspace with human workers and help them with tasks that are better suited for robots, such as assembly or quality inspection.Robots industrializing the home
This is not as ominous as it might sound simply because it is expected that domestic tasks will in all likelihood be increasingly automated in the coming years. Robots of all shapes and sizes will play a part there. This category of robots is called service robots and has been growing considerably in use and installation for the last few years. These range from the small but popular robot vacuum cleaners, that many already own, to the exotic and futuristic-looking bipedal robots popularized in science fiction. This latter category has become more realistic as of early 2023 with the unveiling of Tesla’s robot in late 2022 and with the development of bipedal robots by Boston Dynamics in cooperation with the United States military.
