Key Technologies Defining Robotics – CoBots and AI What will the series cover? In this series of six blogs, we take a look at the key technologies defining the way robots are being designed and used today, and how that may evolve in the future. It will cover developments at the hardware and software level, and how innovations such as AI are already shaping the future of robotics. CoBots and AI Since robots featured on a production line around the mid-1950s, engineers and production managers have been aware of their potential. It may have taken longer than some expected, but robots are now leaving their cages and working among us.