Introduction to the Application Trends of Collaborative Robots
时间:2022-11-28 人气:
The characteristics of collaborative robot products, such as safety, flexibility, and ease of use, make it possible to supplement the services of many traditional industrial robots in the industrial field, and they become an important part in the process of industrial production evolving from fully manual to fully mechanical. During the development and evolution of industrial production models, business owners will encounter many scenarios where collaborative robot products (such as customized production lines and human - machine hybrid production lines) can give full play to their advantages.

  1. Personalized production lines with high flexibility requirements: The core of flexible production is to utilize the characteristics of collaborative robots, such as easy deployment, flexibility, strong compatibility, matching mobility, easy operation, and easy production - line change - over, to achieve flexible production - line switching. In the future, the development trend of China's manufacturing industry will be characterized by a large variety of products, small batch sizes, and personalized customized production. The collaborative robot solution will have advantages such as low system cost, rapid deployment, and simple and easy - to - use operation methods, and it will become the direction of the booming development of the robot industry in the future. For example, in industries such as 3C, products are upgraded rapidly, and production lines need to be switched frequently. Collaborative robots can be used to flexibly transform production lines.
  2. Production lines that require human participation: Due to the particularity of production, some production lines and workstations require human participation, or need assistance, cooperative operation, debugging, and inspection. At the same time, the space is relatively narrow, and there are potential safety hazards for operators when walking between equipment. To ensure the safety of personnel, collaborative robots can be used to work with people without obstacles, so as to improve production efficiency and safety.
  3. Renovation projects in places with limited space: Some manufacturing enterprises face tight deployment space due to problems such as old factory buildings, a mixture of old and new equipment, and unreasonable original production - line planning. It is difficult to carry out integrated reconstruction. Therefore, they can use lightweight, highly integrated, easy - to - deploy, and highly adaptable collaborative robots for partial reconstruction.
  4. Projects for small and medium - sized users: The potential user base of collaborative robots for small and medium - sized manufacturing enterprises is huge. Small and medium - sized enterprises often have small production volumes, are sensitive to manufacturing costs, and tend to avoid traditional industrial robots with long deployment cycles and high prices. Collaborative robots can be deployed and installed with a low initial investment cost and a short return - on - investment cycle, which can meet the needs of small and medium - sized enterprises. In addition, some small and medium - sized enterprises lack corresponding robot technicians. However, collaborative robots have strong operability and can be quickly implemented without excessive personnel training and perfect technical services.
  5. Demonstration/benchmark projects: Customers hope to adopt cutting - edge and innovative technologies, introduce the concept of collaboration, seize the hotspots, and build demonstration production lines. Collaborative robots can help enterprises meet these needs.

The original meaning of the term "collaborative robot" refers to a group of unattended and easily integrated robots. These robots usually perform repetitive or unsafe tasks, while more valuable manual tasks are carried out upstream or downstream. They are very flexible and can perform various tasks, working side by side with humans instead of replacing them.