Working to keep humans out of harm's way

For years, mate­r­i­al han­dling robots have been rais­ing the safe­ty lev­el in sev­er­al dif­fer­ent fields by either detect­ing haz­ards or han­dling hazards.

Mate­r­i­al han­dling robot­ics work to keep humans safe, which fol­lows in line with Isaac Asimov’s first law of robot­ics: ​“A robot may not injure a human being or, through inac­tion, allow a human being to come to harm.”

These robots are work­ing to make sure that humans are not put in dan­ger­ous envi­ron­ments or exposed to tox­ic chemicals.

In the field, there are robots that move and detect dan­gers to humans in coal mines, as well as robots that work for our mil­i­tary, ​“sniff­ing” out IEDs and mines. These robots work to keep humans out of harm’s way.

The same can be said for mate­r­i­al han­dling robots in fac­to­ries. Haz­ardous mate­r­i­al han­dling robots work with old muni­tions, chem­i­cals, and oth­er mate­r­i­al that may be dan­ger­ous to human workers.

Some of these dan­gers may not be as bad as you think. When mate­r­i­al han­dling robot­ic sys­tems are pal­letiz­ing grain, for instance, each drop releas­es a cloud of dust that could be harm­ful to the lungs of human workers.

A sim­i­lar case could be made for mate­r­i­al han­dling dis­pens­ing robots that deal with paint and oth­er coat­ing mate­ri­als. These mate­ri­als when sprayed can cause tox­ic fumes that can lead to hos­pi­tal­iza­tion if exposed for too long a peri­od of time.

Robots​.com has sev­er­al mate­r­i­al han­dling robot­ic mod­els from Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal, and KUKA suit­ed for haz­ardous mate­r­i­al han­dling appli­ca­tions. Our design­ers will work with your com­pa­ny to find the per­fect robot for your needs.

For more infor­ma­tion about Robots​.com, con­tact 877−762−6881 or request a quote online.