Humans, robots, collaborative robot (Cobots)!Industry in the industry have high hopes for collaborative robot.Robots should ensure more effective collaboration with the human side of production process and take the heavy or repetitive work.But, this kind of so-called comprehensive hand for what task?Compared with today's human, they also have what shortage?
Ten years later, each worker will have a robot
"Today, every office worker has a laptop.I think, after 10 to 15 years, each worker will have a robot, the robot manufacturer Kuka enterprise research department project manager and team leader Uwe through Zimmermann said.Many experts have this vision: the future, the human and the machine will work together as partners, sharing the same space, and no longer need any individual safety protection devices.
The man-machine collaboration potential?
Human-machine collaborative robot (collaborative robot (Cobots) for short) to the industrial production to a new level, will further promote the development process of the industrial robot.But there are critics said: in the field of between people no longer cooperate, man-machine collaboration (HRC) has not been a potential.Uwe through Zimmermann acknowledged: "people with a robot in the same workplace this concept does have some strange.But I see the potential is not in full automatic production line, but in small batch production of flexible use."
"We believe that this collaboration will be widely applied to due to cost factor only in a limited range of the implementation of full automatic place", the robot supplier Schunk clamping system sales executive vice President of Harald Dickertmann said.
Robot supplier Schunk clamping system sales executive vice President of Harald Dickertmann said: "we believe that this collaboration will be widely applied due to the economic factors are only in a limited range of the implementation of full automatic place."This application will focus on the quantity of production of fully automated solutions for too little, and too many USES for manual operation.In this way, the robot system for small and medium enterprises are also attractive.
Collaborative robot lighter, simpler, more flexible
Collaborative robot designed to direct collaboration with others.But in the meantime, it is clear in many cases they are more inclined to coexist: now, collaborative robot is mainly used for cannot accommodate common automation solution or high cost of the scheme.Collaborative robot, industrial robot is more light than usual, transport more simple, so the application more flexible.According to the international federation of robotics(IFR)Data collaboration robot now accounts for only three percent of the new installation of industrial robots.In this regard, auto industry forefront of suppliers.In the industry, collaborative robot take the hard work in the process of installation, and provide help when packing or quality control.With excellent precision and constancy, welding operation are increasingly to light the robot to complete.