TikTok parent company ByteDance has built a robotic system that allows bots to perform household tasks such as folding ...

Combined with a teach pendant (a control box for programming the robot’s motions), completing routine maintenance and adjustment becomes pain-free. In fact, more than 90% of robots use these tools.

She noted that the program extends beyond coding. “It’s not just about programming robots, but also about fostering critical thinking, creativity, imagination, communication, and collaboration.

But telling a robot to pick up a bowl when there are five bowls on the table generates a much higher degree of uncertainty -- and triggers the robot to ask for clarification.

The next phase of collaborative robots eliminates the need for programming. Applications such as machine tending and palletizing can be deployed in a few simple steps.