With the advent of "inherently safe" robots, industrial designers are changing their ideas about the factory of the future. Robots such as ABB's Frida and the Baxter robot from MIT spinoff Rethink Robotics are working “elbow to elbow with people," says Julie Shah, Assistant Professor in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Director of the MIT Interactive Robotics Group. "They're designed so that...