Benefits of Using Industrial Robotics

The fact is, the cost of man­u­fac­tur­ing labor has risen about 24% in the US since the 1990s, and it is only expect­ed to rise as we con­tin­ue to wit­ness an ever-chang­ing labor force. The indus­try is fac­ing seri­ous labor short­ages, as less peo­ple pur­sue man­u­fac­tur­ing jobs. It is com­mon for peo­ple to job hop, cre­at­ing a work­force reli­a­bil­i­ty issues. The time when work­ers planned to stay with one com­pa­ny long term or maybe even an entire career are gone. These fac­tors, and many more, make for a con­tin­ued increase in labor costs and risks that com­pa­nies will need to mit­i­gate through robot­ic automation.

Recent devel­op­ments in the robot­ics indus­try have made robots user friend­ly, more intu­itive, and afford­able. With con­tin­ued inno­va­tions in robot­ics, it is no won­der that robots are found in every indus­try sec­tor and mar­ket. Every­thing, from indus­tri­al man­u­fac­tur­ing, food pro­duc­tion & pack­ag­ing and the med­ical field are uti­liz­ing robots to make their indus­try better. 

With increased flex­i­bil­i­ty, robots are capa­ble of per­form­ing a vari­ety of tasks and appli­ca­tions. Robots allow for increased pro­duc­tion rates, decreased cycle times and improved qual­i­ty result­ing in increased prof­it mar­gins. With their abil­i­ty to work twen­ty-four hours a day, sev­en days a week, up-time and machine uti­liza­tion are improved as well. 

Oth­er key ben­e­fits of robots are their abil­i­ty to work in envi­ron­ments where it may not be ide­al for peo­ple. Robots elim­i­nate dan­ger­ous jobs for peo­ple because of their abil­i­ty to work in haz­ardous envi­ron­ments, when fit­ted with the cor­rect equip­ment. They can han­dle tox­ic sub­stances, lift heavy loads, and com­plete repet­i­tive tasks. This has helped com­pa­nies to pre­vent acci­dents and improve ergonom­ics while sav­ing time and mon­ey by mak­ing a bet­ter work­ing envi­ron­ment for employees. 

In the med­ical fields, robots are used to per­form intri­cate surg­eries and treat­ments. Robots can more pre­cise­ly oper­ate and fit where human hands can­not, allow­ing greater accu­ra­cy and acces­si­bil­i­ty. The use of robots can often result in a less inva­sive pro­ce­dures, with less pain and a speed­i­er recov­ery for the patient. 

The capa­bil­i­ties of robots make them a viable option for use in many indus­tries. Their abil­i­ty to be cus­tomized pro­vides com­pa­nies the flex­i­bil­i­ty to use them for a vari­ety of tasks. The Inter­na­tion­al Fed­er­a­tion of Robot­ics (IFR) esti­mat­ed that in 2017, there were around 2.1 mil­lion stand-alone indus­tri­al robots installed world­wide, with a ship­ment of 381,000 units glob­al­ly. This mar­ket is expect­ed to rise rapid­ly in the com­ing decade as more com­pa­nies opt to auto­mate their process and join Indus­try 4.0. Though the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic is sure to have an impact, whether it is a pos­i­tive or neg­a­tive, is yet to be seen. The mar­ket for indus­tri­al robot is expect­ed to con­tin­ue to see dou­ble-dig­it growth through at least 2021. Since 2012, the mar­ket has steadi­ly increased at a record rate of 19% per annum. 

The Future Is Bright

As we con­tin­ue to enter a new era of automa­tion, we will see many more advances and increased acces­si­bil­i­ty to this tech­nol­o­gy. In the com­ing decade, we will wit­ness an increas­ing vari­ety of robot­ic uses and appli­ca­tions, from artic­u­lat­ed arms, delta, SCARA, col­lab­o­ra­tive and more, we can expect robots to fill just about every need. Robots will be designed with greater tech­ni­cal abil­i­ties and ease of inte­gra­tion. Tal­ent will become more acces­si­ble, where robot­ic tech­ni­cians & engi­neers were once a rare find, more and more peo­ple today are acquir­ing the train­ing, knowl­edge and skills required to design, install, and oper­ate these robot­ic systems. 

It is clear, robot­ic automa­tion is chang­ing the world as pre­dict­ed through the Indus­try 4.0 lens. It is no longer a ques­tion of if this tech­nol­o­gy will need to be adopt­ed, but when for many com­pa­nies. Addi­tion­al­ly, the ques­tions of what are the ben­e­fits of indus­tri­al robots and how will they ben­e­fit your spe­cif­ic indus­try, will need to be answered. As a robot­ic inte­gra­tor Robots​.com is here to help you find the answers. Con­tact us at 877−762−6881 or via email at [email protected]​robots.​com to con­sult with our appli­ca­tions spe­cial­ists today.