AUTOMATION At SFEG, cobots take over monotonous and potentially hazardous tasks and optimize production by 20%


Mobile robots increase worker productivity, safety


Jim Lorincz Senior Editor


Director of operations Matthew Bush programs Waldo, the UR5 robot from Universal Robots, for new tasks at Scott Fetzer Electrical Group.


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mobile fleet of Universal Robots now re- ceives daily work orders to solve ever-chang- ing tasks for high-mix/low-volume electronics manufacturer Scott Fetzer Electrical Group (SFEG; Fairview, TN). Supplied by Univer- sal Robots USA Inc. (East Setauket, NY;


Odense, Denmark), the collaborative robots, aka cobots, have optimized production by 20%, taking over monotonous and potentially hazardous tasks from employees now reallocated to more rewarding jobs.


Summer 2016


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