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Automation or Worker Augmentation?
Even while automation and artificial intelligence are evolving at an exciting rate, the ROI model for businesses looking to boost productivity quickly may not work. Full automation is not always an option due to the time and money required for automation as well as the limitations of relatively simple application areas.Augmentation may be defined as the notion that human labor can be significantly improved by clever tools specifically adapted to enhancing human activity, historically beginning w
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Oct 20th 2022
Automating the Dull, Dirty and Dangerous
The end of Q3 2022 marks the third straight quarter that American manufacturers have increased their deployment of robots. The food and consumer goods industries saw an increase of about 13%, which has been attributed to a continual requirement to control rising demand for e-commerce logistics automation.
In addition to accommodating new logistical structures, collaborative robots are being positioned to increase overall output while lightening the physical and mental burden on hum
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Sep 1st 2022
Are Cobots Out to Steal Your Job?
Manufacturing productivity in the US is continuing to climb as a result of more robots being more accessible, flexible, and simple to program, especially for small- to medium-sized businesses. Robots are frequently employed to carry out dangerous, unpleasant, and boring activities, but they also help to supplement human labor, streamline processes, and improve product quality for a competitive advantage. According to 56% of respondents in a recent manufacturing poll by The Boston Consulting Grou
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Aug 11th 2022
Advantages of CNC Automation
One of the most popular applications for collaborative robots on the market today is machine tending. As long as the robot is constantly receiving raw materials, a robotic machine-tending operation can be repeated indefinitely. Currently, humans handle the majority of machine-tending applications. CNC machines are widely used in modern machine shops (such as lathes and milling machines). These machines need to be maintained by employees, who feed the raw material (often referred to as the r
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Aug 4th 2022
Flexible Automation: Short-Term Relief or Long-Term Solution
At Automate 2022, robots were performing various pick-and-place jobs, playing chess, welding, painting, and other activities. Despite the fact that the robots were programmed to do one thing for the purposes of the event, they can be deployed in a variety of ways with reprogramming that’s as easy to operate as a smartphone, complete with GUI interface and manual manipulation options for ease of use. It's a far cry from the time when robot design and function were set in stone. This flexible
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Jul 14th 2022