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The Next Wave of Factory Robots

Robots designed to work safely alongside humans could change the way we think of manufacturing.

Ever since General Motors first put “Unimate” on an assembly line in 1961, most manufacturing robots have worked in isolation, caged off from human workers. Now a new breed of more flexible robot is being developed to work more closely with people.

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