Collaborative Robot

The advantage of using a collaborative robot is that these robots need minimal or no external safety devices to be sure that the application is safe for the workers. In other words, the robot and all its tools can be fully safe for the workers and the need for classic fencing is irrelevant.

Safety: In fact, safety is always a big concern when it’s time to introduce new technologies (especially robots) in a plant. The advantage of using a collaborative robot is that these robots need minimal or no external safety devices to be sure that the application is safe for the workers. In other words, the robot and all its tools can be fully safe for the workers and the need for classic fencing is irrelevant. So, this means a lot of space savings.

Applications: Robots we’re traditionally used for heavy tasks that we’re dangerous for humans. The use of big industrial robots was then a good solution. However, with collaborative robots, smaller tasks can be done. Applications that could be handle by a human, but that still may be inappropriate in terms of human safety. For example applying toxic glue, lifting heavy weight, etc. The robot can then become a helping hand for the human worker and reduce the load or danger for people. Which leads to the next point, repetitive tasks.

Repetitive Tasks: Most of the tasks we have seen in global companies that were using collaborative robots really involved repetitive tasks. If you think that car companies produce a couple thousand cars per day, you can imagine that the guy working on a given task can do the same motions 10,000 times in a day. Doing this 5 days a week, 50 weeks per year… that is a lot of repetitive strain. Collaborative robots can then help this worker to achieve his tasks by helping him with lifting the load or bringing him a part to be fixed on the car door or whatever can be done by a collaborative robot. The worker is then less stressed by the production beat and can execute his task at a normal pace.