Lesson 445 of Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course - Applied Industrial Engineering Module
Have you noticed these communications
Maximize productivity and accuracy
LocusBots deliver 3x to 5x more productivity. That translates to substantially more tasks with less labor in the same workspace. You see a significant reduction in your labor costs, including costs associated with “task interleaving” and overtime. It also minimizes the impact of wage and healthcare increases.
Less drudge work, more effective workers
LocusBots take away the drudgery that diminishes worker productivity to dramatically improve worker throughput and order accuracy. LocusBots work collaboratively with workers, helping them become more effective and efficient using their already established workflow and procedures.
http://www.locusrobotics.com/why-locus/productivity/ (Accessed on 9 January 2018)
Service robots: The next big productivity platform
September 8, 2016 by Lamont Woo
http://usblogs.pwc.com/emerging-technology/service-robots-the-next-big-productivity-platform/
Autonomous robots are already in service and more developments are occurring to increase their application in industrial and service sector activities.
Roboticists created new programs and sensor systems to make robots smarter and more perceptive. Today, robots can effectively navigate a variety of environments.
In the year 2018, that is the current year, you might notice a fresh face in many office rooms: a robot.
References
Guy Michaels and Georg Graetz, http://voxeu.org/article/robots-productivity-and-jobs
Chapter of the Blog Book - Industrial Engineering 4.0 - IE in the Era of Industry 4.0 - Blog Book
Previous Chapter
Industry 4.0 - A Note for Industrial Engineers for Industrial Engineering 4.0 (IE 4.0)
Autonomous Robots Research Advances
Weihua Yang
Nova Publishers, 2008
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=iXqTFOsTT2IC
Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots
second edition
Roland Siegwart, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, and Davide Scaramuzza
2011
https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/9780262015356_sch_0001.pdf
INTRODUCTION TO AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
MATTIAS WAHDE
2016
http://www.me.chalmers.se/~mwahde/courses/aa/2016/FFR125_LectureNotes.pdf
Autonomous Robots
From Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control
By George A. Bekey, 2017
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/autonomous-robots
Robots Seem to Be Improving Productivity, Not Costing Jobs
Mark MuroScott Andes
HBR, JUNE 2015
https://hbr.org/2015/06/robots-seem-to-be-improving-productivity-not-costing-jobs
http://fortune.com/2016/03/29/autonomous-robots-startups/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/robot4.htm
https://simplicable.com/new/autonomous-robots
http://usblogs.pwc.com/emerging-technology/service-robots-the-next-big-productivity-platform/
The Impact of Robots on Productivity, Employment and Jobs
A positioning paper by the International Federation of Robotics
April 2017
https://ifr.org/img/office/IFR_The_Impact_of_Robots_on_Employment.pdf
Updated on 23 Feb 2020, 21 April 2018, 9 January 2018
Autonomous Robots and Productivity
Have you noticed these communications
Maximize productivity and accuracy
LocusBots deliver 3x to 5x more productivity. That translates to substantially more tasks with less labor in the same workspace. You see a significant reduction in your labor costs, including costs associated with “task interleaving” and overtime. It also minimizes the impact of wage and healthcare increases.
Less drudge work, more effective workers
LocusBots take away the drudgery that diminishes worker productivity to dramatically improve worker throughput and order accuracy. LocusBots work collaboratively with workers, helping them become more effective and efficient using their already established workflow and procedures.
http://www.locusrobotics.com/why-locus/productivity/ (Accessed on 9 January 2018)
Service robots: The next big productivity platform
September 8, 2016 by Lamont Woo
http://usblogs.pwc.com/emerging-technology/service-robots-the-next-big-productivity-platform/
Autonomous robots are already in service and more developments are occurring to increase their application in industrial and service sector activities.
Autonomous Robots - Introduction
Autonomous robots are intelligent machines capable of performing tasks in the world by themselves, without explicit human control. Examples range from autonomous helicopters to Roomba, the robot vacuum cleaner.
Roboticists created new programs and sensor systems to make robots smarter and more perceptive. Today, robots can effectively navigate a variety of environments.
Simpler mobile robots use infrared or ultrasound sensors to see obstacles. The robot sends out a sound signal or a beam of infrared light and detects the signal's reflection. The robot locates the distance to obstacles based on how long it takes the signal to bounce back. More advanced robots use stereo vision to see the world around them. Two cameras are used to give these robots depth perception, and image-recognition software is used to classify various objects. Some robots use microphones and smell sensors to analyze the world around them. Some autonomous robots are capable of working only in a familiar, constrained environment. An office-cleaning robot may take a fixed route in a building to do its task. More advanced robots can analyze and adapt to unfamiliar environments. These robots use visual sensors and based on the image take certain actions or stop completely or give way to the other objects that are coming in the same path. If an obstruction is encountered,they can change direction travel in a different path.
In the year 2018, that is the current year, you might notice a fresh face in many office rooms: a robot.
Robots are being used in factories for number of years. And the dirt-sucking Roomba and its peers are popular in many homes. Now, there are robots that monitor and stock shelves in grocery stores. There are robots that are mowing the lawns. Of course driverless cars are already on the road on trial basis. There are food delivery robots in some restaurants. Decades of advances in the robotics science, engineering and commercialization have been aided by the information technology industry developments—such as the growing library of open source software, increasingly powerful and energy-efficient processors, and cheap sensors. So “smart” autonomous robots are getting produced at lower costs and are available at affordable prices for companies to use in their production and business activities.
Autonomous robots are increasing productivity. Guy Michaels and Georg Graetz in research reported in 2015 found that robots are increasing productivity. Industrial engineers have to do engineering economic analysis of various robot implementation ideas or proposals and recommend using robots to increase productivity. As already noted, autonomous robot technology is a significant component of Industry 4.0 technology set.
References
Guy Michaels and Georg Graetz, http://voxeu.org/article/robots-productivity-and-jobs
Chapter of the Blog Book - Industrial Engineering 4.0 - IE in the Era of Industry 4.0 - Blog Book
Previous Chapter
Industry 4.0 - A Note for Industrial Engineers for Industrial Engineering 4.0 (IE 4.0)
Bibliography - Autonomous Robots
Books
Autonomous Robots Research Advances
Weihua Yang
Nova Publishers, 2008
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=iXqTFOsTT2IC
Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots
second edition
Roland Siegwart, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, and Davide Scaramuzza
2011
https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/9780262015356_sch_0001.pdf
INTRODUCTION TO AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
MATTIAS WAHDE
2016
http://www.me.chalmers.se/~mwahde/courses/aa/2016/FFR125_LectureNotes.pdf
Autonomous Robots
From Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control
By George A. Bekey, 2017
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/autonomous-robots
Papers and Articles
Robots Seem to Be Improving Productivity, Not Costing Jobs
Mark MuroScott Andes
HBR, JUNE 2015
https://hbr.org/2015/06/robots-seem-to-be-improving-productivity-not-costing-jobs
Online articles
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR)
4 Jan 2020
Kuka Robotics is mounting cobots on top of mobile robots. Its KMR iiwa combines its LBR iiwa lightweight robot with a mobile, flexible platform. The system adapts easily to changing manufacturing processes to optimize production. They can go to the place where they are needed. The robots can communicate with each other to more easily work together as a complete system.
AGVs vs AMRs
The distinction between AGVs and AMRs: AMRs do not require external infrastructure to localize themselves and are built with sensors and cameras to self-navigate their environments.
https://www.packworld.com/issues/business-intelligence/article/21108397/robotics-industry-to-shift-from-fixed-automation-to-mobile-systems
4 Jan 2020
Kuka Robotics is mounting cobots on top of mobile robots. Its KMR iiwa combines its LBR iiwa lightweight robot with a mobile, flexible platform. The system adapts easily to changing manufacturing processes to optimize production. They can go to the place where they are needed. The robots can communicate with each other to more easily work together as a complete system.
AGVs vs AMRs
The distinction between AGVs and AMRs: AMRs do not require external infrastructure to localize themselves and are built with sensors and cameras to self-navigate their environments.
https://www.packworld.com/issues/business-intelligence/article/21108397/robotics-industry-to-shift-from-fixed-automation-to-mobile-systems
2018
Collaborative Robots in Automotive Manufacturing PSA Group, Europe’s second-largest car manufacturer, is modernizing its European manufacturing sites with Universal Robots’ UR10 collaborative robots.
By David Greenfield , Director of Content/Editor-in-Chief, on April 12, 2018
Universal Robots Drives Cost Savings, Improved Quality and Worker Ergonomics at PSA Group, Europe’s Second-Largest Car Manufacturer
With significant results in just eight months, PSA Group will modernize all of its European manufacturing sites with its patented production system that integrates UR robots
March 21, 2018
2017
http://fortune.com/2016/03/29/autonomous-robots-startups/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/robot4.htm
https://simplicable.com/new/autonomous-robots
http://usblogs.pwc.com/emerging-technology/service-robots-the-next-big-productivity-platform/
Reports
The Impact of Robots on Productivity, Employment and Jobs
A positioning paper by the International Federation of Robotics
April 2017
https://ifr.org/img/office/IFR_The_Impact_of_Robots_on_Employment.pdf
Updated on 23 Feb 2020, 21 April 2018, 9 January 2018
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