Feel like I just descended through the seven layers of hell…

Who could have seen that coming? /s

An industrial grade robot is no joke. I hope whoever set up that robot got sued.

You either need a weak enough robot that it can’t really harm you, or you need several measures to prevent exactly this from happening. Either make all the joints compliant or set up PSD’s/invisible fences to prevent the robot from operating when hands are near the boards.