{"id":9067,"date":"2019-02-04T19:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=9067"},"modified":"2018-12-25T21:22:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T05:22:15","slug":"cobots-greater-efficiency-by-partnering-humans-with-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cobots-greater-efficiency-by-partnering-humans-with-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobots: Partnering Humans with Robots to Achieve Greater Efficiencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>. Cobots are helping businesses become more efficient and cost effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vasu Bhat<\/a>, managing director at Aarete, said that<\/a> “you\u2019ll see them (cobots) on the shop floor in manufacturing scenarios, say performing welding tasks, assembly and such \u2014 they\u2019re ideal for taking on repetitive, manual tasks, particularly when there\u2019s 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.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to traditional industrial robots, cobots are becoming popular because<\/a> they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n