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Cobots: Partnering Humans with Robots to Achieve Greater Efficiencies
Robots are increasingly being designed to be able to more closely interact with humans. The term ‘cobot’ refers to a robot that is designed to collaborate with a human, allowing them both to physically work together in a shared space.
The market for collaborative cobot robots was only 3 percent of the total robotics market in 2016, but it is expected to grow to 34 percent of the market by 2025, as estimated by Loup Ventures Research. Cobots are helping businesses become more efficient and cost effective.
Vasu Bhat, managing director at Aarete, said that “you’ll see them (cobots) on the shop floor in manufacturing scenarios, say performing welding tasks, assembly and such — they’re ideal for taking on repetitive, manual tasks, particularly when there’s a severe shortage of manual labor. And even when there is the manpower, they provide the ability to free humans from monotonous tasks allowing them to do higher value work.”
Compared to traditional industrial robots, cobots are becoming popular because they are:
- Easier to Program
- Faster to Set up
- More Flexible
- Safer
