If the prospect of being assisted by a robot in daily tasks still seems distant, it is not the same in the industrial sector. With cobotics, robots are already working alongside people! Why make people perform arduous tasks when a robot could do them? Noise, repetitive motion, risk-filled environments… Some industrial jobs are particularly difficult. What is the solution? One approach is cobotics. A neologism from the words “cooperation” and “robotics”, it refers to collaboration between a person and a robot. The objective of these cobots is to automate a large range of tasks and perform work in closer collaboration with people. Specifically, what is cobotics? Tasks that are arduous, difficult, or to which people add little value are transferred to machines. Cobots assist operators by augmenting their capabilities in terms of effort, allowing them to manipulate parts that are hot, heavy, bulky, or too small for precision handling. In addition, with machines running around th...
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