Industrial Robot Arms in Scenic Areas Pose Safety Risks

People's Daily reported that some scenic areas have introduced industrial robot arms for passenger rides, performances and photo shoots. Qi Lizhe, a researcher at Fudan University, said these are traditional industrial robot arms designed for industrial work, where safety rules require isolation guards and prohibit direct contact with people without protection. Passenger rides risk hardware failure and excessive motion; performances risk program timing errors and trajectory deviation; photo-shoot arms without dynamic obstacle sensing may strike visitors who enter the workspace. Luo Jingfeng, associate professor at Huaqiao University, said passenger-carrying arms meeting speed or height thre…