AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS
cobot. ADI’s system solutions helped to achieve the required cobot size, which was critical to pioneering safe robot operation alongside skilled human operators.
This high-level collaboration is resulting in UR
being able to design smaller, smarter, and easier to use robots that help scale tasks more safely— especially tasks that are repetitive, physically intensive, or dangerous.
HOW COBOTS ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY AND INCREASE SAFETY In the face of viral illnesses and contagious diseases such as COVID-19, UR cobots provide two key benefits to manufacturers. First, UR enhances a manufacturer’s resilience to maintain production continuity in a crisis; and second, UR’s cobot solutions help ensure workplace safety. Beyond this, when manufacturers face
unforeseen labor challenges, UR offers easy to use, quick to deploy systems. You really don’t need to be an expert in order to program a cobot to do what you need—a major plus to scale in non-complicated environments like grocery stores, factory lines, etc. Once up and running, these cobots can complete specialized tasks to support their human counterparts, allowing work to continue on schedule without close
contact between humans. In healthcare, instead of spending valuable
time on difficult or menial tasks such as cleaning, healthcare providers can focus more on discussing medical treatments, and personal interactions thus improving patient care. While some tasks in healthcare settings may eventually be done entirely and autonomously by robots—for situations that don’t require the skills and cognition of an expert medical provider—there will
always be a requirement for human connections.
LEVERAGING COBOTS TO HELP TRANSFORM THE FUTURE ADI and UR have seen the future of manufacturing, healthcare and other industries — and its robots and cobots. This initiative is not to be looked at as the enemy of the worker, but rather as a partnership and facilitator in more beneficial terms to the growth and improvement of these industries. In fact, according to the McKinsey Global Institute, more than 90% of jobs will not be fully automatable in the future, meaning robots and humans will work together.3 Beyond this, it’s important to remember that automation doesn’t remove humans, but automates certain repetitive and potentially strenuous/dangerous tasks, while creating new, more cognitive, more creative opportunities for workers. Cobots in particular will continue to enhance productivity and finetune production flow in a safe environment—whether it’s on factory floors lifting heavy boxes or in hospitals aiding healthcare workers. Together, Analog Devices and Universal Robots
are helping lead this automation transformation in our changing world, and will play key roles in driving enhanced productivity, added flexibility, and greater safety for workers throughout the world.
Engineers at Universal Robots working during COVID-19
Analog Devices
www.analog.com
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