robotics

1)
a) The two major legislative Acts that have implications on the introduction of robots into the industrial workplace are:

1) The Factories Act (1961)
2) The Health and safety at work Work Act (1974)


b) The Factories Act covers general points such as cleanliness in the workplace,
Overcrowding, working conditions and other aspects of employee welfare. It also covers aspects of safety in relation to work practice, guarding of machinery, materials handling equipment and other matters of access on the shop floor.

The Health and Safety at work Act is also general, rather than specific, and imposes obligations on both the employer and employee. Essential provisions for the employer include:

· To ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees.
· The provision and maintenance of equipment and systems of work that are, so far as is reasonably practible, safe and without risk to health.
· Providing information, ins...