New NIOSH Center Will Study Robots in Workplace

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has launched a new center to study the safety and health implications of robots in the workplace. The new Center for Occupational Robotics Research will assess potential benefits and risks of robots in the workplace, and develop guidance for safe interactions between human and machine. Little government guidance or policy exists regarding the safe integration of robots into the workplace, NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard said. NIOSH researchers have identified 61 robot-related workplace deaths between 1992 and 2015, and agency officials...