Editor’s note Today’s manufacturing landscape is filled with obstacles and difficult choices. While facing the biggest workforce shortage in our lifetime, manufacturers also have to compete against low-cost labor markets all while trying to meet an ever-rising customer demand. One way to combat this is through automation. The benefits of adopting automation into their business model allows them to locate in more business-friendly environments. Industrial Robotics have been in the industry for decades, but new on the scene are Cobots (Collaborative Robotics). These new cobots are able to work side by side with their human counterparts. They provide humans with the ability to focus on more mentally challenging tasks while the cobot handles the more tedious/ menial tasks. This new partnership of man and machine means greater accuracy, more efficiency, less waste and higher throughput. In this magazine, we will discuss the various types of industrial robots, fundamentals of robots, AMRs, and much more.
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