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Tag: machine safeguarding

When Cobots Get Big: Rethinking Cell Safety as Payloads Approach Industrial Robot Territory

August 15, 2026 R2D2
A collaborative robot arm working alongside a caged industrial robot on a factory floor

As cobot payloads climb toward traditional robot capacity, plants are blending caged robots and cage-free cobots in the same cell — and most existing risk assessments haven’t kept pace with the hardware or the standard.

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AUTOMATIONcobots, functional safety, ISO 10218, ISO/TS 15066, machine safeguarding, robot safety

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