NEWS TOP TRENDS
The Workforce Institute at UKG today released its annual predictions of the top trends that will impact the global workforce in 2021. “2020’s legacy will be one of
immense disruption, but following disruption always comes the opportunity to refocus and reinvent,” said Dr. Chris Mullen, executive director, The Workforce Institute at UKG. The Top workplace predictions
of 2021 are: 1. The Great Reset: Work will be
(re)shaped in real time as organisations decide which pandemic-era practices stay and go. 2. Trust will become a
foundational imperative for successful organisations. 3. Compassionate and
inclusive management that puts employees’ lives ahead of work will become a leadership mainstay. Organisations that excel will be
led by compassionate and inclusive management that emphasises empathy, wellness, and belonging. 4. Outside forces — including
the pandemic, economy, and regulatory change — will push businesses to the brink. In addition to uncertainty
created by the pandemic, businesses face the certainty that labour regulations will undergo a seismic shift buoyed by a new president in the U.S. and the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU. 5. Expectations of technology
— especially practical AI and automation —will be higher than ever. The pandemic has ushered in new technologies that have reshaped our lives. This will put even more pressure on organisations to deliver a workplace technology experience that matches their employees’ consumer technology experience.
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virtual exhibition from OMRON enables visitors to walk through a 360 degree virtual tour, guiding them around ‘the
factory of the future’ – one in which different innovations have been introduced to increase flexibility, enhance efficiency and boost productivity. The solutions that are highlighted in the tour
include all new robotics, vision and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. These are all based around OMRON’s ‘innovative-Automation’ concept, which enhances co-operation and understanding between machines and people, using intelligent, integrated and interactive solutions. The demonstrations show how people and machines can work together in a new type of harmony,
by illustrating how manufacturing innovations can be put to practical use in collaborative production. Among the exhibits, visitors are shown an intelligent High-Mix Low-Volume Cell Line Control System that combines AI with the Internet of Things (IoT) and 3D vision, intelligent sensing and control, and robotics, with the aim of optimising production and minimising errors. Visitors will also experience 3D bin picking, which is used to automate complex picking operations
during assembly. The tour continues with demonstrations of safe machine tending with cobots, AI inspection of potential defects in products, and the high-precision alignment of items. It concludes with a demonstration of laser machining technology, which can improve laser processing times by over 35%. Fernando Colas, General Director Marketing at OMRON Europe, said: “While many trade shows cannot
take place in these difficult times, we wanted to bring our latest technology to customers in the virtual exhibition and give them the opportunity to experience the factory of the future online, wherever they are. This underlines the commitment of OMRON to further advancing and promoting the future of productive manufacturing.” Summary of exhibits: OMRON core technology ‘Sensing, Control + THINK!’ OMRON has been integrating advanced control technologies such as AI, vision, and control, and is
working to develop the ability of robots to change their move according to the surrounding situation and to extract human potentials. That is what FORPHEUS, ping-pong concept, is all about. It is possible to play with people according to the player’s returning ping-pong ball, and it is possible to give advice for the players to improve their ping-pong skill. This technology has been translated to manufacturing, offering the factory of the future by the Cell Line Control System, an intelligent system enabling interactive human and machine collaboration, joint learning and training. 3D bin picking - Self-adapting 3D Vision guided robot for Pick and Place applications. Assembly
machines often rely on humans in complex applications where a large variety of objects need to be picked and placed. A robot would need to be equipped with eyes that can recognise multiple items, as well as calculate the needed force and movements to pick it up correctly. As a solution to these challenges, OMRON has developed a very light, small-size 3D camera that can
be mounted directly on the robot hand, along with smart vision algorithms. These tools are built on top of the company’s vision system, so you can mix the new ones with the standard ones. AI sensory inspection - Automating visual inspections that depended on the sensitivity and
experience of skilled inspectors is achieved by adopting Omron-unique AI technology for image processing: 1) ‘AI Fine Matching’: Extracts connector flaws and stably judges normal/abnormal. The stability of “AI
Fine Matching” is shown by comparing the AI with conventional method, using the rate of over- detection that determines a normal product as abnormal. 2) ‘AI Scratch Detect Filter’: Extract scratches on metal surface. Achieves "senses inspection" that
approaches the sensitivity of skilled inspectors. Other exhibits include safety fence-less Machine tending, allowing collaborative robots to improve
productivity of existing machine tools by 20%, and non-stop and high precision alignment, helping to achieve shorter cycle times by combining ‘On-the-Fly Control’ with trajectory motion control.
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