Video: How Robots Can Lead To More Jobs

Universal Robots’ Douglas Peterson discusses a future of collaborative robots where it is "man with machine" rather than "man versus machine".

Mar 29, 2017

Universal Robots’ Douglas Peterson discusses a future of collaborative robots where it is "man with machine" rather than "man versus machine".

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