kolyur
Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator
My kids really like this show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUguN38nmA
(fast forward to 1:50 for the action)
While I'm watching with them, I'm thinking, how on earth are they getting away with this? I was just at the RIA Safety Conference where we spent three long days obsessing over risk assessments, redundancy, and safe zones for robotics. Here we have people being literally flung around by what appears to be a Fanuc robot--all branding removed of course. I'm sure Ellen is not actually manipulating the robot from her podium, but rather executing pre-programmed motions (or, more likely, signaling the robot operator who then triggers it).
I can't believe there would be any regulatory or standards group out there that would remotely approve of what they're doing, let alone the robot manufacturer. So that makes me wonder, what procedures are they following to prevent injury? A glitch in the program could easily cause a broken bone, skull fracture, or worse. Apparently OSHA has no oversight here since it isn't a "workplace"?
It all seems pretty irresponsible to me, even for reality television.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUguN38nmA
(fast forward to 1:50 for the action)
While I'm watching with them, I'm thinking, how on earth are they getting away with this? I was just at the RIA Safety Conference where we spent three long days obsessing over risk assessments, redundancy, and safe zones for robotics. Here we have people being literally flung around by what appears to be a Fanuc robot--all branding removed of course. I'm sure Ellen is not actually manipulating the robot from her podium, but rather executing pre-programmed motions (or, more likely, signaling the robot operator who then triggers it).
I can't believe there would be any regulatory or standards group out there that would remotely approve of what they're doing, let alone the robot manufacturer. So that makes me wonder, what procedures are they following to prevent injury? A glitch in the program could easily cause a broken bone, skull fracture, or worse. Apparently OSHA has no oversight here since it isn't a "workplace"?
It all seems pretty irresponsible to me, even for reality television.