COBOTS - The future friendly robots

A COBOT (Co-Robot), derived from word Collaborative Robot is the future of human evolution and exciting experiences, we humans will have in near future.

Cobots were invented in 1996 by J. Edward Colgate and Michael Peshkin, who were professors at Northwestern university.

The global economy and various industries are entering a phase of renaissance. Much of more advanced technologies are still out of reach of SMEs, but COBOTs (Collaborative Robots) are seeing a noticeable spike in popularity, precisely because of their affordability and emphasis on safety.

Colgate and Peshkin were thinking and discussing on a idea where, robots and humans can collaborate with each other, work in partnership and improve overall productivity and quality of life.

With lot of research and development leading to creation of COBOTS, first introduced in factories, assembly line workers were happy to see that COBOTS are not those typically machine type looking devices, but human type looking creatures and it was actually fun working with them.

Now, picture the assembly floor of car factory staffed by COBOTS who are interacting with humans. Not only interacting with humans, they are also interacting with cars they are assembling. The future could be a customer gives a specific customized requirement and COBOTS alongwith engineers are interacting to give best possible customized solution.

Exciting Times Ahead Indeed ... 

This blog is managed by Sudhir Pai who is a business consultant, trainer and author. After his engineering and PG, he has worked with corporates like Jetking, ICICI Bank and Kotak. He can be reached on 9820073993 (Mumbai-India)