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The audio cues are designed to give factory workers an instinctive sense of where a robot is and how fast it is moving — without requiring them to look up from their work. The approach borrows a convention from horror films, where composers use music to signal unseen danger before it appears on screen.\n\nFactory floors are already loud and visually cluttered, so adding another screen or alarm light competes for attention rather than capturing it. Spatial audio works with the brain's existing threat-detection wiring instead of against it — the same reason a creaking floorboard in a film makes you tense before you see anything. If this approach holds up in real factory conditions, it could be a cheaper and less disruptive safety layer than physical barriers or additional cameras.\n\nHuman-robot collaboration safety has mostly leaned on sensors, cages, and emergency stops. 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