Collaborating robots, also known as cobots, are becoming increasingly important in industry. They enable the automation of many repetitive tasks. Their flexibility and comparatively low investment make robotics affordable for many companies.
At the same time, it is becoming increasingly clear that collaborative robots are needed. As an industrial location, Switzerland must increasingly assert itself in international comparison. In view of high location costs and the shortage of skilled workers, more and more companies are therefore considering outsourcing their production abroad.
But that doesn't have to be the case. Cobots have already helped some companies in Switzerland to continue producing in Switzerland. How exactly is this possible?
What are the advantages of cobots?
Compared to conventional industrial robots, cobots have a number of advantages that enable small and medium-sized companies in particular to automate with cobots.
Quickly set up
One of the key advantages is the fast set-up. Your production does not have to lose months of productivity during integration. Cobots can be integrated into your processes in a very short time. Often the production layout does not even need to be changed.
Easy to program
At the same time, it is very easy to program them. Thanks to the training courses on offer, you can program a Cobot yourself in a matter of minutes to hours. No programming knowledge is required. This saves time if you want to quickly adapt something.
Flexible use
The flexibility of the cobots is very important for smaller production sizes. In most cases, a cobot cannot perform one task continuously for smaller production sizes. This is not a problem, as the cobot can be converted within minutes and any number of programs can be saved. You can therefore easily use a cobot for several tasks, which it then carries out one after the other.
Safe and collaborative
Compared to industrial robots, cobots are collaborative. This means that after a successful safety assessment, they can work alongside your employees without safety fences. They support your employees with monotonous and repetitive tasks, such as palletizing or packaging.
Quickly amortized
A final major advantage is the low cost and the resulting rapid amortization. For many companies, a Cobot integration pays for itself after just 180 days. Flexible offers such as leasing allow you to benefit from your new Cobot immediately.
So now nothing stands in the way of automating your production.
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