Trust is the real bottleneck for robotics.
We have been building them for decades: industrial arms, drones, AMRs, delivery bots. The real challenge today isn't building robots, it's getting people to accept them into their lives, workplaces, and homes.
Curious where public trust actually stands?
@HexagonAB surveyed 18,000 people across nine countries to find out:
hexagon.com/robotics/the-rob…
So, what did they find? The top concern isn't job loss. It's security.
Over half of respondents worry robots could be hacked or misused. And the pattern is consistent: trust rises where robots are visible, bounded, and understood, in factories and warehouses. It falls where they feel abstract or uncontrolled, like in the home.
Geography tells the same story. The UK, where robot exposure in daily life is low, ranks as the most anxious nation. South Korea, where robots are integrated into everyday environments, is among the least worried.
China, where delivery and service robots are commonplace, shows some of the highest optimism.
Hexagon Robotics is working on both sides of this equation, developing the sensing, measurement, and autonomy that makes robots reliable, while the data from surveys like this one shapes how the industry communicates purpose, safety, and control.
The path to adoption runs through trust. And trust is built through visibility, governance, and clarity of purpose.
Great to see Hexagon technology supporting KUKA robots in action.
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