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5 ways to help robots work together with people

  • Written by Nancy Cooke, Professor of Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
Making the most of human-robot collaborations will require good teamwork.WeStudio/Shutterstock.com

For most people today, robots and smart systems are servants that work in the background, vacuuming carpets or turning lights on and off. Or they’re machines that have taken over repetitive human jobs from assembly-line workers and bank tellers....

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