Increasing the level of automation in the industrial sector is a strategic goal for all regions. New technologies are helping OEMs develop manufacturing equipment that is more automated, more connected, and more efficient. The continued adoption of robotics, machine vision, and artificial intelligence is defining a new age of automation. As well as being highly adaptive, collaborative robots are designed to be more affordable and with a lower operational complexity. They have created their own position in the market, by being more accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
Global organizations believe if more SMEs adopt higher levels of automation, they will close the productivity gap between them and large OEMs. We look at how cobots are evolving, the new technologies OEMs are leveraging, and how manufacturers can benefit from targeted solutions.
What's going on inside a cobot?
Cobots, or collaborative robots, are changing the industrial landscape. Any company, of any size, can now access this disruptive technology. Cobots are closing the productivity gap, giving manufacturers an efficiency boost. The payback period on a cobot can sometimes be measured in days rather than years. Don’t want to buy? Why not lease a cobot as a service. In our new white paper about cobots, AI and machine vision, we talk to leading cobot manufacturers to discover what goes on inside these devices and how they are evolving.
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Avnet Embedded
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IoT
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element14
If you want to learn and discuss topics around Industrial Automation with engineers who know, take a look at the dedicated home page on the element14 community. And while you are there, why not take the Industrial Robotics Quiz and find out just how much you already know.
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