What is the significance of the use of human-robot collaborative robots

Human-machine collaborative robots are of great significance in industrial production. They are a branch of industrial robots  are currently widely used in the automotive industry. They are actually a fixed robotic arm that can replace manual labor to complete work uninterruptedly.

Human-machine collaborative robots are an important sub-category of industrial robots. Its great advantage is flexibility, but its disadvantages are also very obvious. In order to obtain the collision ability of control force, collaborative robots run slowly, usually only 1/3 to 2/3 of traditional industrial robots. In addition, due to the relatively light weight simple structure of collaborative robots, the insufficient rigidity of the entire robot, the load of collaborative robots is generally lower than that of traditional industrial robots, the working range of collaborative robots is larger. Just like human arms. Collaborative robots are widely used in the 3C industry. In order to keep up with the speed of product updates ensure product quality, human-machine cooperation has become a well-understood solution in the complex welding, assembly, grinding testing processes of electronic product production.

Human-machine collaborative robots have great advantages over humans in terms of power repeatability, so they are widely used in industrial fields such as automobiles. But most of them are open-loop control systems with almost no system feedback, such as touch, hearing, vision, etc. They are completely soulless beasts. In order to protect the operator, the robot must be protected. This is normal. Almost all high-power equipment has protection measures: car engines are isolated the engine compartment, machine tools are isolated metal shells. Robots must be protected with closed fences when working.

Robots can work directly side by side with human workers without the need to use safety fences to separate them. This type of collaborative robot is expected to fill the gap between fully manual assembly lines fully automated production lines. Traditional industrial robots are usually large in size, work behind glass curtain walls, are widely used in the automotive industry other large assembly lines. In contrast, collaborative robots are lightweight, flexible, mobile, can be reprogrammed to solve new tasks, helping companies adjust achieve higher small batch processing production to meet the challenges of short-term production. According to the traditional rule of thumb, the cost of a robot is equivalent to a worker's two-year salary. But the cost of a collaborative robot is only about 1/4 of the cost. In addition, the emergence of new robots has enabled faster factory turnover the rapid development of robotics technology, all of which indicate that production relocation has lost its reasonable business sense.

Collaborative robots fundamentally change the way people interact with machines, bringing extraordinary value to manufacturers. Properly designed human-machine collaborative systems can reduce the required human-machine safety distance fundamentally change the way safety distance works. For example, driving at a slow speed instead of stopping when approaching operator equipment will enable operators to work safely effectively in a smaller space. In addition to reducing occupied space, reducing fence requirements improving labor efficiency, human-machine collaborative applications can also improve ergonomic design, reduce repetitive strain, etc.