Robot integration

Industrial robots vs. collaborative robots

Overall, robots can be divided into industrial robots and collaborative robots – cobots. Both types has their entitlement and what makes sense depends on a closer analysis of the individual appplication or process. But common for them both, is that investing in robots generally creates growth in earnings and increases the need for skilled labor – in other words, the robots do not steal jobs, which is often feared, but instead they create more.

In Denmark and several other western contries, it continues to be more difficult to obtain labor for the more manual, monotonous and often abrasive work tasks. In addition, the Covid19 pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable it can be to be dependent on suppliers in other parts of the world. Both can be met with the implementation of robots in the company.

Cobots – collaborative robots

Cobots – or collaborative robots – are a safe and reliable work force, they are easy to install, easy to adjust and have a fast payback time. Your company can therefore produce safer, faster and more efficient at a price that can compete with foreign products produced with a cheaper labor.

Collaborative robots are designed to work side by side with humans, without any kind of safety measures. However, it always requires a thorough safety assessment and the overall solution must always be CE marked in accordance to current regulations.

When cobots collaborate with humans, they will need to work at a slower pace than industrial robots. They can be implemented in such a way that they work faster when there are no people nereby, and automatically slow down when a person enters the work zone, thereby further increasing the productivity. A cobot will typically be installed in a flexible setup that allows the operator to reprogram it to handle other items in the same setup, or moved to a completely different place in production where it can be used for other tasks. Learn more about cobots here.