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term ‘collaborative’ truly entails; the label not only means humans can collaborate directly with the robots potentially with no safety guarding between them—safety is ‘the cost of entry’ in the cobot market. The way we see it, the term also addresses the ease of use; a robot is not truly collab- orative if it’s not affordable and easy to work with. Our R&D team constantly works on improving what is already the most intuitive and accessible robotics user interface on the market today. ME: What makes programming for UR robots so easy? Østergaard: As one of our end users at Scott Fetzer Electrical Group put it: ‘If you can work a smartphone you can program this robot.’ Our mission has always been to put the control of robots back into the hands of the opera- tor. There’s no need to enter complex lines of codes to interact with the UR robot; a robot move is easily mastered by using the arrow keys on the touchscreen or by simply grabbing the robot arm, ‘teaching’ it the waypoints you want it to move through.
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free e-learning modules that make up the basic programming training for UR robots. This includes adding end-effectors, connecting I/Os for communication with external devices, and setting up safety zones. The modules are not merely a passive transfer of information but built to deliver hands-on learning via interactive simulations to maximize user engagement. No other robot manufacturer makes hands-on interactive teaching modules available for free like this with no licensing required. But we are facing a looming skills gap; in the US alone, two million manufacturing jobs are predicted to go unfilled by 2020. In order to bridge this gap, we need to raise robot literacy and get future operators and programmers on board now. ME: How quickly can an integrator, or even novice users, set up UR robots in manufacturing environments? Østergaard: With a UR robot, installation is measured in hours and days, not weeks and months as with traditional industrial robots. A UR robot arrives in two cardboard boxes, one with the controller box and one with the robot arm. You
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