Advantages and Disadvantages of Cobots
That resulted in systems that could never be completely understood, and could fail in unpredictable ways. In each disaster – sinking a ship, blowing up two shuttles and spreading radioactive contamination across Europe and Asia – a set of relatively small failures combined together to create a catastrophe. While industrial robots have streamlined high-volume heavy production for decades, small to medium shops are now discovering a new type of robot – the cobot. Unlike their industrial counterparts, cobots are designed to closely work alongside humans, bringing a unique set of advantages to the manufacturing industry.
But as AI designs get even more complex and computer processors even faster, their skills will improve. That will lead us to give them more responsibility, even as the risk of unintended consequences rises. We know that “to err is human,” so it is likely impossible for us to create a truly safe system. Right now we are taking baby steps to evolve machines that can do simple navigation tasks, make simple decisions, or remember a couple of bits. But soon we will evolve machines that can execute more complex tasks and have much better general intelligence. Ultimately we hope to create human-level intelligence.
Modern cobots are designed to be user-friendly, with intuitive interfaces that allow workers without specialised programming skills to set up and manage these robots. It isn’t economically viable or efficient for a company to hire a specialised employee only to programme cobots. By making cobot programming simple, even for people who can’t code, it allows access to this innovative technology to a broader market and reduces hesitation in adoption across small and medium-sized enterprises.
Technologies are making cobots more efficient and more autonomous, able to learn from their environment and from the humans they work with. We’re also seeing a trend towards more natural ways of interacting with cobots, such as voice and gesture controls, which will make them even more accessible to non-technical users. Technological advances continue to change the way people do business and get their products to their customers. In an ever-changing market, you need your business to keep a competitive edge. At Cyber-Weld we have over 25 years of experience in product support, from planning through to integration. Cyber-Weld is known globally for its expertise and quality of service. Contact Cyber-Weld today for more information on how cobots can help your business.
Cobots are blank slates. Like human operators they need to be trained before they can perform their designated tasks. By using recorded data and past welding patterns, cobots can be trained much quicker than human operators to equip them with the necessary abilities to adapt to their roles. By integrating AI and ML in cobots, not only is the time taken to train new cobots significantly reduced, they can adapt rapidly to various situations and make autonomous decisions on their own.