Who Killed the Cobot Dream? The Truth About Collaborative Robots, Ep #35

Podcast: Lights Out: Technology and Automation Podcast by MakingChips · Nick Goellner

Opublikowano: 2026-02-27

There's been a murder on the shop floor. Or at least… that's how this episode begins. In this creative, detective-themed installment of Lights Out, Dave Vuyk, Eric Nekich, and Nick Goellner investigate what happened to the once red-hot promise of collaborative robots. A decade ago, cobots were projected to revolutionize machine shops. They were marketed as affordable, easy-to-deploy, cage-free automation that would solve the labor crisis and democratize robotics for small and mid-sized manufacturers. But the explosive growth forecasts never quite materialized. So what happened? Was it marketing overpromise? Te...