Cobotics: the industrial revolution of gentle robots

[...] Of the nine cobotics companies and laboratories present at the event, five are dedicated solely to industry or construction. This is particularly true of Aerial Coboticus, a company that designs and manufactures remote handling drones. Founded by two engineers in 2005, this start-up develops industrial drones equipped with robotic arms to make even the most extreme work areas accessible. Thanks to an extendable power cable and obstacle-detecting sensors, these human-controlled devices offer a wide range of applications for the workers who are destined to use them [...].