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Opinion: What happens when the robot is wrong?

Amid an accelerating automation trend with more than 5 million industrial robots in operation and the new ABB IRB 1700 model cutting cycle times by up to 20%, factories need to rehearse during commissioning how operators can safely question machine judgments. It is recommended to introduce three types of drills—false alarms, conflicting instructions, and shift handovers—and to record metrics such as challenge response time and decision arrival time. Safeguards, emergency stops, and risk assessments must still remain independent and take priority.

Part of the event: Opinion: Factories need to rehearse operators questioning robots when errors occur

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