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Fantastic piece on the evolution of robot safety standards! Your breakdown of why 'cobot' got retired is illuminating - it really did create a false sense of inherent safety. The shift to 'collaborative application' puts appropriate emphasis on system design rather than product marketing. On the Kodiak Robotics news: their factory-built delivery with Roush is a bigger milestone than it might seem. Getting to a dedicated production line means they've moved past hand-built prototypes and can actually scale economicaly - critical for fleet deployment. The fact that Atlas Energy has already received 8 of their 100-unit order suggests real commercial validation, not just a pilot program. Combined with their SPAC announcement, Kodiak is positioning for serious volume production by 2026. This is exactly the kind of 'application at scale' thinking your standards article advocates for - they're not just building robots, they're engineering a repeatable manufacturing and deployment system.

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