Robots and Humans

Previously separated from humans behind a fence, the new advanced robots (or cobots) are sharing our workspace and collaborating with us. The perception of robotics technology is improving, as we experience more ways it can positively affect our lives. In this scenario, the terms Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics are liberally used, and frequently interchanged today. However, the physical nature of a robotic system distinguishes it from the pure abstraction of AI. We are experiencing a transition from Information Technology (IT) to InterAction Technology (IAT). The paradigm of convergence between physical entity and digital twin (phygital twin) will guide with 5G the development of new robotic applications making a natural transition from the Internet-of-Things (IoT) to the Internet-of-Skills (IoS). Armed with these skills, robots can be controlled dynamically in real time and be connected to people and machines locally and globally. In a future scenario in which humans and machines are called to coexist, the socialization process of robotics will conform to an anthropocentric approach, for the benefit of the community, towards a technological and digital humanism that can help us reaffirm the least artificial feature of our world: our humanity.