Telerobotics is offering different industries new benefits, such as social distancing and safety for manufacturing and remote surgeries in healthcare, writes Energid’s Neil Tardella.

High-DOF robots (robots with more than six degrees of freedom, or axes) hold the promise for a more automated future. However, the real value of high-DOF robots will only be realized when integrators move away from the “one task, one robot” mindset. As robots become more general-purpose, the need for more axes becomes evident. Switching…