Robot Worker Training and Floor Etiquette: Making Shared Autonomy Legible

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A robot deployment does not become real when the robot arrives. It becomes real when the people around it know what the machine is trying to do, how it behaves when confused, when to help, when to wait, and how to report the small problems that would otherwise become folklore.

Training is often treated as a final handoff, something that happens after mapping, charging, safety review, and workflow design. That order is too late. People are part of the robot’s operating environment from the beginning. They move carts, place totes, open doors, block docks, wave robots through, step around them, rescue them, ignore them, and explain them to new workers. If those habits are left to chance, the robot inherits a hidden human interface whether the team designed one or not.

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Robot Worker Training and Floor Etiquette: Making Shared Autonomy Legible