Introduction

    Right from holding heavy parts to performing monotonous activities, collaborative robots are transforming the way people work on the shop floor. Initially, there was tension among workers regarding the security of their jobs with the introduction of cobots in their factories. However, as they began to work closely with collaborative robots, they started realising the merits.

   Collaborative robots have gradually entered the shop floor and have become quite popular among workers from across the globe. Its diverse benefits and ease of humanrobot collaboration has made cobots a massive hit in present day factories.

Examples in practice

   The historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is still standing despite a ferocious blaze in April 2019 and almost brought it down to its foundations. The 800-year-old church can thank, in part, a creation squarely from this century: the mobile cobot Colossus, a....