As COVID-19 Continues, What Will Cobots Offer Manufacturers?
Collaborative robots, or cobots, have been growing in popularity among manufacturing and industrial companies looking to improve quality, reduce tedium for workers, and gain efficiencies. According to Design News, “collaborative robots are expected to maintain a double-digit growth rate in terms of both revenue and shipments… Growth for all other types of industrial robots is either […]
Will a Robot Take Your Manufacturing Job? Not Necessarily!
If you’ve ever had the fleeting thought that robots in factories, homes, and even amusement parks will suddenly go berserk and attack or take over the world, you’re not alone. Movies, television, and literature are full of humanoid and mobile robotic machines that eventually turn on the people they’re supposed to be helping. From science […]
Robots May Have a Bad Reputation in Manufacturing, But They Don’t Have To
We’ve talked about how robots affect job security – one of the common concerns workers and managers express about automation and robotics in manufacturing. Here we’ll address three more reasons robots get a bad rap: safety, expense, and learning to work with advanced technology. 1. Safety For many, the default mental image of an industrial robot is […]
Designing the Layout: Robotic Welding Cell Configurations
One of the challenges of planning a new welding automation project is visualizing the equipment layout. There are many configuration options from which to choose. What’s highly efficient in one facility might bog down production in another. It all comes down to your goals and the details of your manufacturing process. Here are some things to keep […]
Can Cobots Weld? It’s Better to Ask, “What’s My Welding Application?”
Robot technology is always evolving to take on new tasks and improve production and quality in manufacturing. Once only seen in the largest plants, industrial welding robots are becoming common in small- to medium-size facilities too. In the last few years, there’s been discussion about welding with the latest iteration of robots: collaborative robots, or […]
Robots are Spot-on for Resistance Welding in Automotive Applications
Electric resistance welding, commonly called spot welding, is an excellent candidate for automation and robotics. It’s common in automotive and vehicle assembly for frames and body components, where the average vehicle can contain thousands of welds. As automation and robotic technology continue to evolve, spot welding can be done in ever-smaller physical spaces, integrated with […]
The here and now is formidable, but the future is coming. Automation can help you stay prepared.
We can all agree the current COVID-19 global pandemic and the economic, employment, and social upheaval it’s causing is disastrous. So much is uncertain from day to day and it seems the outlook for health and business changes with each new news story. Business leaders might instinctively decide to table many of their plans and […]
Robotic Welding System Design: A Need-to-Know Guide for Automated Welding
To implement automation in welding effectively and maximize your ROI, you need to approach it as a system, not merely a torch-wielding robotic arm standing in for a human welder. Thinking about the flow of parts into the welding cell, how they’re fixtured and welded, and where they’re transferred next may present opportunities to boost […]
How Collaborative Robots Impacted Automation
Collaborative robots, sometimes called cobots, have had a major impact on automation in the past several years. Unlike the large, often dangerous machines dedicated to a single factory task, collaborative robots are generally lightweight, compact, and easy to program for a variety of jobs. And perhaps the biggest difference is that humans can safely work side […]
