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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Robots in actual use are painted safety yellow or orange, because they are a safety hazard. Thus we put up warnings, fences and light gates. Plus shutoff buttons everywhere and a multi step process to turn them on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Tesla's KUKA arms were red when I worked there. But that's probably because Elon hates yellow.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Each brand has their own colour they tend to use (unless a customer like Tesla orders something custom). Kuka usually is orange, Fanuc is yellow, ABB white, Yaskawa blue, etc.