Reducing workplace injuries with robotics: A new era for industrial safety
- louisegoldsmith1
- Sep 15
- 2 min read
Across industries, workplace safety remains a top priority, yet despite strict regulations and improved training, accidents still occur in high-risk environments such as construction, manufacturing, and heavy machinery. Now, a new wave of robotics technology is transforming not only efficiency but also protecting the people behind the work.
The impact on workplace safety
The impact of robotics on workplace safety is no longer theoretical, it’s measurable. The numbers are clear: Robotics doesn’t just improve productivity, it saves lives, prevents injuries, and reduces costs.
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, integrating robotics in construction and manufacturing has led to a 30% decrease in workplace injuries. In European-wide studies, a 10% increase in robots per 1,000 workers correlates with a 1.96% drop in injuries and a 0.066% reduction in fatalities, especially in tech-intensive industries.
This has had a knock-on effect on injury costs, with one study finding that in manufacturing, where robot density increased by 1.34 per 1000 workers, there were 1.2 fewer injuries per 100 full time workers, resulting in billions in savings from injury relating costs.
Overcoming traditional barriers
Historically, deploying robots for complex, hazardous, or labour-intensive tasks has been expensive, time-consuming, and technically challenging. This has meant that only the largest companies could justify the investment.
However, recent advances in robot control systems, AI-driven training platforms, and collaborative robotics have brought costs down and usability up, making robotics an accessible safety solution for industries of all sizes.
As the technology continues to evolve, integrating robotics is becoming not just a productivity decision, but a strategic safety investment. With clear evidence that robots reduce workplace injuries, protect human health, and save costs, the question for business leaders isn’t if they should adopt robotics but when and how.
The next era of industrial safety is here and it’s being driven by machines designed to keep people out of harm’s way. If you are a robotics or industry expert struggling to deploy robots to automate labour intensive tasks in hazardous scenario, Extend Robotics is inviting experts and leaders from industry to take part in its Trusted Partnership Program, giving chance to innovators to experiment with Extend’s advanced robot control and physical AI training software, and work on real world use cases together.
Extend Robotics’s full-stack embodied AI software has been touted as a game changing solution which has the potential to revolutionise industries, streamlining the process to collect and manage diverse robot data from the robot of your choice, enabling robots to be trained and then rapidly deployed in real world with remote supervision at a fraction of the cost, and improving productivity by many folds.
To be involved as part of this initiative, you can register your interest here and a member of the Extend Robotics team will be in touch with more information and guidance.
You can also see a real life examples of the robots in collaboration with our partners Leyland Truck here. To request a demo please complete your details here.
Sources:
