# Vishay Precision Group innovation director argues robot form should follow workflow, not build a platform first

- Source: The Robot Report
- Published: 2026-10-11T12:36:24.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/ap4sn2kss3xtncea7ow7es1nl
- Original: https://www.therobotreport.com/will-boring-robots-win-in-the-real-world-why-robotic-form-should-follow-workflow/

## Summary

Vishay Precision Group innovation director Ron Zukerman argues in an article that robot design should work backward from economically valuable tasks to hardware, perception, and form, rather than building a platform first and then looking for tasks.