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Published on: 12/15/2008

Last Reply on: 02/08/2009


Category: Safety


Technology: AI, Motion Control, Robotics

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Is runaway robot a possibility? If so, are there any documented incidents? What would be the likelihood of such an event?

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The only run-away situations that I know are quite old, dating to the hydraulic robot days. However this does not mean that it has not happened, only that I do not know of any such instance. Roberta Nelson Shea Pilz Automation Safety , L.P.

Vito Curcuru from Pilz Automation Safety L.P. | 02/08/2009

v.curcuru@pilzusa.com