Sidebot is the term used to frame the type of friendly robots that are able to work full speed (like a fenced robot) and able to reduce to a safe speed (like cobots) when a human gets closed to it.
At my company we have 10 pick and place SIDEBOTS. They are able to pack our products really fast and reduce speed when someone gets closer.

You need 10 cobots to do the same job that a single SIDEBOT does.

The success of my company's responsiveness is because we use SIDEBOTS, they can work fast as fenced robots and remain safe as cobots.
by Albert K. June 5, 2021
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