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Published on: 12/14/2019

Last Reply on: 12/21/2019


Category: Safety


Technology: AI, Robotics

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Are retractable belt fences commonly used anywhere in the world, in industry or in academia, as safety fencing for industrial robotic cells?

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I would hope not, as they have no method of preventing a person from getting to the hazard area of a robot or preventing the robotic hazard from getting to the person. They are no more effective than a warning label.