The safety, flexibility, and ease of use of collaborative robot products make it possible to supplement many traditional industrial robot services in the industrial field, becoming an important link in the process of industrial production from fully manual to fully mechanical. In 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 leverage 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 line switching, to achieve flexible and adaptable production line switching. In the future, the development trend of China's manufacturing industry will be more varieties, fewer batches, and personalized customized production. Collaborative robot solutions will have the advantages of low system cost, fast deployment, and simple and easy-to-use operation methods, becoming the direction for the booming development of the robotics industry in the future. For example, in industries such as 3C, product upgrades are fast and production lines need to switch frequently. Collaborative robots can be used to flexibly transform production lines.
2. Production lines that require manual participation: Due to the special nature of production, some production lines and workstations require manual participation or cooperation to assist, operate, debug, and inspect. At the same time, the space is relatively small, and there are safety hazards for operators walking through equipment rooms. To ensure personnel safety, collaborative robots can work seamlessly with humans to improve production efficiency and safety.
3. Renovation projects in places with limited space: Some manufacturing companies have limited deployment space due to issues such as outdated factory buildings, mixed old and new equipment, and unreasonable planning of existing production lines. It is difficult to perform integrated reconstruction, so they can use lightweight, highly integrated, easy to deploy, and adaptable collaborative robots for local reconstruction.
4. Small and medium-sized user projects: Small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises have a huge potential user base for collaborative robots, but they 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 low initial investment costs and short return on investment cycles, meeting the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, some small and medium-sized enterprises lack corresponding robot technicians, while collaborative robots have strong operability and can be quickly implemented without excessive talent training and comprehensive technical services.
5. Demonstration/Benchmark Project: The client hopes to adopt cutting-edge and innovative technologies, introduce collaborative concepts, seize hotspots, and build a demonstration production line. Collaborative robots can help businesses meet these needs.
The original meaning of the term 'collaborative robot' is to refer to a group of unmanned and easily integrated robots. These robots typically perform repetitive or unsafe tasks, while more valuable manual tasks are performed upstream or downstream. They are very flexible and capable of performing various tasks, working alongside humans rather than replacing them.