Five common questions people have about collaborative robots

1. Use robots to automate only large, complex tasks

The image that comes to mind when most people talk about robots is a large, clunky, slow box used on a production line. But in reality, as long as your company has a flexibleCollaborative robots can automate even the simplest tasks. Regardless of the scale of production, robots can be deployed in repetitive, labor-intensive labor-intensive processes such as picking placing, packaging stacking, screwing, gluing, painting welding.

2. Robots make workers unemployed

There have long been rumors that robots will make people unemployed. However, the opposite is true. Robots can free workers heavy repetitive work, so that workers can complete ideal challenging missions in the enterprise. At the same time, because robots can help improve productivity, companies generally have to hire more people, so they have to create more jobs instead of eliminating them.

3. Robot deployment maintenance are too difficult

In fact, some robots on the market are large, bulky difficult to operate. Some people even joked that such robots must hire people with a Ph.D. to handle them. However, this is the case with collaborative robots. Collaborative robots are easy to deploy, operate maintain. At the same time, the robots are very small, if you need a collaborative robot to complete a different task, you don’t need to spend a lot of time changing the configuration of the production line. Collaborative robots are very simple to program, easy to re-deploy, require almost no maintenance.

4. Collaborative robots are dangerous

Operators cannot operate with regular robots due to high safety risks. However, collaborative robots have built-in safety protections operators can work together without additional safety protections (depending on risk assessment). 

5. Are collaborative robots very expensive?

Actually, some of these rumors are true. Robots can be expensive. However, all types of robots are very expensive. For collaborative robots, their front-end costs are generally only 20% of traditional robots, the average recovery time is about 6 to 8 months. Collaborative robots are cost-effective, the cost of installing robots is also very low because the original infrastructure does need to be significantly changed when installing collaborative robots. At the same time, conventional robots only have one purpose, while collaborative robots can be repositioned to different functions on the production line to maximize the utilization of the robot. Intelligent Robot Development