NOVEMBER 20216 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTShe global industrial robotics market share is booming, now accounting for more than 50 percent of the total robot market according to the International Federation of Robotics. Human-machine collaboration is a major industrial robotics trend and a driver behind this growth. "Cobots" that are designed for safe physical interaction with humans in a shared workspace are finding their place in a wide range of industries. Safe coexistence is increasingly important in environments where people need to work closely with robots in more sporadic and intermittent ways, such as bringing robots different materials, changing programs and inspecting new runs.Over the past several decades robots have gone from incredibly expensive machines with limited functionality to modern industrial robots that are flexible and can be applied in a broad range of applications to do amazing things, offering a high return on investment (ROI). It is always hard to look into the future, but if one thing is certain it is that robots will be an integral part of that future, entering parts of the economy that a few years ago we could only imagine.The automotive industry has a long history of using robots, but for industries that are relatively new to automation, programming robots can be a challenge. We need to find ways to make robots easier to use, so that they do not require such a highly skilled workforce to deploy, operate, and maintain. In fact, this question is one of the largest technical challenges the industry is currently grappling with.So although it is true that the old manufacturing jobs are disappearing, it is also true that the required manufacturing job skills of the future will be more high tech and demand an understanding of automation. In the U.S., even though there are more jobs available every day, employers are having a hard time finding qualified candidates. In the high-tech world (including that of robots), this is often because training of personnel for the needed job skills is hard to find. Instead of fighting about the fact that some of the worst jobs on the planet are going extinct, let's celebrate a future with better jobs.Let us know your thoughts.The Evolving World of Industrial RoboticsEditorialCopyright © 2021 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Email:sales@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comeditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.commarketing@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com November - 8 - 2021, Vol 07 - Issue 20 (ISSN 2644-2493) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to Manufacturing Technology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerAsher BlakeAnnie Mathewsannie@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comAva Gracia Peter ThomasRose DcruzAaron PaulLaura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturing Technology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffTYOUR PRODUCT LIVES IN THE REAL WORLDShouldn't your OEM? Vollrath Manufacturing Services operates in the same world as you ­ the one with budgets, timelines, and the unexpected. That's why our experienced, in-house experts work side-by-side with you to create innovative, cost-effective product solutions with no blind spots. DISCOVER A BETTER OEM EXPERIENCE.vollrathmanufacturing.com/Meet-VMS
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