The UK is slow with adoption. Dr. Paul Rivers, Managing Director, Guidance Automation, explores both the challenges and opportunities facing industries.
Make way for cobots, they are here to stay
Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori/Dubai Filed on February 23, 2021 | Last updated on February 23, 2021 at 01.28 pm
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The global rate of use of cobots in factories and workshops is witnessing a steady increase, reaching 99 cobots per 10,000 employees.
The invention of the world’s first robot, The Ultimate, in 1954 marked the beginning of technological marvels. In 1961 when The Ultimate joined General Motors factory, many people were worried about the potential socialeffects of these robots on work environment, their impact on livelihoods, and the potential social unrest that this might cause.
Since then, robots have only become better and smarter. Meanwhile, fears and worries about the consequences of recruiting robots have also grown. The famous physicist, the late Stephen Hawking, had warned that the superiority of robots could pose a potential threat to human civilisation.
<p>Annual installations of industrial robots more than tripled within ten years (2010-2019) reaching 381 thousand units in factories around the world. The International Federation of Robotics shows top 5 trends shaping industries around the globe.</p>
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So, like many Americans who prefer to live in a free society and who wish no harm on their fellow citizens, I have alighted on a solution to this de facto Cold War Communist era style atmosphere that has now become our nation s capital. The solution is robotics.