Human-Robot Collaboration- A Factory of the Future

Indus­tri­al pro­cess­ing is being rev­o­lu­tion­ized by Human-Robot Col­lab­o­ra­tion (HRC). They arrived on the mar­ket in 2014 and since their incep­tion, col­lab­o­ra­tive robots have been wide­ly suc­cess­ful and become a key play­er in a vari­ety of indus­tries, espe­cial­ly the auto­mo­tive and elec­tron­ics. These indus­tries and more are get­ting a glimpse of what the fac­to­ry of the future will look like: human and robots col­lab­o­rat­ing on the pro­duc­tion line with­out sep­a­ra­tion and with­out safe­ty fencing. 

The fac­to­ry of the future will only con­tin­ue to see this team of flesh and machine con­tin­ue to grow. Human-Robot Col­lab­o­ra­tion enables both man and machine to con­tribute their spe­cif­ic abil­i­ties on a pro­duc­tion line and com­ple­ment each oth­er while pro­vid­ing incred­i­ble flex­i­bil­i­ty and pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. The human oper­a­tor con­trols and mon­i­tors pro­duc­tion while the robots per­form the phys­i­cal­ly stren­u­ous work.

Through this union, HRC robots con­tin­ue to bring deci­sive advan­tages to com­pa­nies across the world such as max­i­mum flex­i­bil­i­ty, relief of employ­ees per­form­ing ergonom­i­cal­ly unfa­vor­able work, reduced risk of injury, high-qual­i­ty per­for­mance, and over­all increased pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. Col­lab­o­ra­tive robots are also offer­ing com­pa­nies a very short ROI, increased amount of effi­cien­cy, plug and play user friend­li­ness, and a great over­all val­ue to the com­pa­ny as they are replac­ing the bor­ing, repet­i­tive tasks. Anoth­er incred­i­ble ben­e­fit of these col­lab­o­ra­tive robots is that they are with­in the eco­nom­ic and tech­ni­cal reach of a wide range of busi­ness­es, includ­ing the small and medi­um-sized ones.

Human-Robot Col­lab­o­ra­tion relies on sens­es that aid in the col­lab­o­ra­tion between man and machine. These sens­es involve the likes of cam­eras and forces sen­sors and help the col­lab­o­ra­tive robots to oper­ate in open indus­tri­al envi­ron­ments, direct­ly next to humans, with the utmost amount of safe­ty. These col­lab­o­ra­tive robots are often equipped with a sin­gle visu­al sen­sor such as a cam­era, laser, or infrared sen­sor that helps to gen­er­ate 2D or 3D images. 3D cam­eras can add a depth to what a robot sees, enabling it to per­form more com­pli­cat­ed tasks such as sort­ing through a pile of dif­fer­ent objects. 

The sen­sors on these robots also help to increase safe­ty around human work­ers, con­stant­ly con­duct­ing a speed and sep­a­ra­tion mon­i­tor­ing. This enables the Human-Robot Col­lab­o­ra­tion to reduce injury as it can detect its envi­ron­ment for 360 degrees and slow down or stop a robot once the work­er is in a cer­tain area or space. These robots are also increas­ing the val­ue of each per­son with the com­pa­ny as they are an inte­gral part of this hybrid solution.

The robot­ic trend has been so suc­cess­ful; it is spread­ing like wild fire. Com­pa­nies across the globe are see­ing the advan­tages and reap­ing the ben­e­fits of auto­mat­ed man­u­fac­tur­ing process­es, includ­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive robots. Robots are tru­ly help­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing process­es and offer­ing great, cost-effec­tive, long-term solu­tions that are offer­ing a bright future for the indus­try as a whole. Fur­ther­more, the auto­mat­ed mar­ket is quick­ly evolv­ing as tech­nol­o­gy con­tin­ues to advance at rapid rates. The progress that is expect­ed from these sys­tems, from the sen­sors to the soft­ware, is only going to con­tin­ue to become more intel­li­gent and capa­ble. Don’t miss out on the chance to get your robot­ic sys­tem today! Robots​.com pro­vides sys­tems from a vari­ety of man­u­fac­tur­ers who offer col­lab­o­ra­tive robots such as Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and KUKA.

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