With the rapid development of global manufacturing and the advent of the Industry 4.0 era, intelligent and automation technologies have developed rapidly. Intelligent manufacturing has become a core keyword in today's industrial field, and industrial collaborative robots have emerged under the background of this era.
Building more efficient production lines has contributed to the development of many enterprises or factories. With emerging automation technology, it has gradually changed the face of traditional manufacturing. With the characteristics of more flexibility, efficiency and safety, collaborative robots have been widely used in many industries.
What is an industrial collaborative robot?
Industrial collaborative robots are an important branch of industrial robots. Compared with other types of industrial robots, industrial collaborative robots have lightweight designs, relatively simple structures, low corresponding load capacities, and small working ranges. They are mainly responsible for working with humans. , with the help of its own sensors and control systems, it is different from other types of industrial robots in that it can share space with human operators without traditional fences.
Advantages of industrial collaborative robot applications
1.Improve production efficiency
Industrial collaborative robots can work 24 hours a day without being restricted by the environment or working hours. Through continuous and highly repetitive work, their addition can improve the efficiency of factory or enterprise production lines. It has a wide range of applications and can be used in palletizing, handling, packaging and other aspects. Precisely because it can replace most manual operations, collaborative robots can partially replace traditional manual work and are more efficient and accurate.
2.Reduce production costs
The issue that many companies and manufacturers are more concerned about is that the initial investment in industrial collaborative robots is relatively high. However, compared with traditional labor, in addition to paying wages, traditional workers also need to bear additional welfare expenses, and collaborative robots can be used 24 hours a day. Hours of work, and because of its collision-sensing technology, it reduces the expense of high-cost safety fences and also reduces the work space they occupy.
3.Improve job safety
Different from traditional manufacturing environments, collaborative robots have sensing capabilities and collision sensing technology. They get rid of the limitations of traditional industrial robot environments for workers. They can sense changes in the working environment in real time and adjust their actions to avoid collisions with humans. This advantage makes cobots particularly suitable for working in the same space as workers.
4.Enhance flexibility and adaptability
The high flexibility of industrial collaborative robots enables them to adapt to different production tasks. In production lines such as automobile manufacturing and food production, they can be quickly and accurately reconfigured according to different types of products and work tasks, which not only improves the production efficiency of the production line , also reduces downtime and further improves the flexibility and adaptability of the entire production line.
Application of collaborative robots in industries
1.Automobile manufacturing industry
In the automobile manufacturing industry, collaborative robots are mainly responsible for completing tasks such as parts handling, raw material cutting, and body welding. Compared with traditional robots, collaborative robots can work better with workers, flexibly adjust the operating structure, and optimize the workflow of the production line.
2.Food and beverage industry
In food and beverage production lines, packaging, sorting, handling, and palletizing are common tasks. Industrial collaborative robots can complete such repetitive tasks efficiently and accurately. Collaborative robots can not only be fast and accurate Complete product quality testing and classification efficiently, reducing errors caused by manual operations and ensuring the hygiene and quality of food and beverages.
3.Metal processing and manufacturing
In the metal processing industry, collaborative robots are mostly used for metal cutting, welding, grinding and material handling. Industrial robots have high compatibility with the metal processing industry, which not only improves efficiency, but also shows a certain degree of humanistic care.
Challenges faced and future prospects
The emergence and development of collaborative robots marks a new turning point and new opportunities for the robot industry, and also means that there will be more new challenges in the future. They have now strengthened the ability of human-machine collaboration, improved production efficiency, improved production quality, and also Promoted technological innovation and development.
In the future, the robot industry will remain the driving force and core force for social development and an important tool for realizing intelligent manufacturing. The future of industrial collaborative robots is immeasurable, and its role in human society cannot be ignored. Industrial collaborative robots will bring more possibilities to the future of manufacturing.
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