The decision to incorporate robots or vision-enabled systems into your manufacturing process is a significant one for most companies, particularly smaller ones looking to take advantage of the productivity benefits that are promised.
Traditionally, deploying robotics has been a time-consuming and costly endeavor, making them largely available only to larger companies with the capital, skills, and scale to justify the investment, leaving many smaller companies on the sidelines.
Graduating engineers offer a crucial resource for companies grappling with a skills gap and looking to capitalize on the possibilities of Industry 4.0. Students from the leading engineering institutions come with hands-on experience and an eagerness to begin their careers. So much so, that as they begin their fall semesters, they also embark on their post-graduate job search.
As the use of mobile robots continues to surge in industrial settings, we unveiled the second installment of our flagship safety standard for industrial mobile robots, providing guidance on safe integration practices for these systems.
robots and will be a solid foundation for future work in this area.
This new standard provides the IMR systems and systems integration requirements for industrial mobile robots (IMRs). Part 1 provides safety requirements for the IMR; Part 3 of this standard will provide safety requirements for IMR users.