NEW ROLES FOR ROBOTS
Once viewed largely as a way to save on labor costs, robots today have taken on more significant roles in manufacturing. They're part of global competitiveness plans and are seeing, moving and servicing better than ever.
New roles, new configurations, new value. Examples from Foster-Miller include the RF controlled Talon robot for military missions (above) and the company's Pipe Mouse (below). Payload range in pipes: up to 2,000 feet.
GET READY FOR NEW ROBOT RELEvance. When General Motors Corp. deployed the first industrial robots in 1961, their roles at a Ternstedt, N.J., plant were justified in terms of handling the 3-D tasks-dangerous, dirty and difficult. In contrast, today's smarter, more capable robots have also become significant tools affecting global competition. For tomorrow's manufacturing winners, the competitive determinant will be how robots fit into a total manufacturing/automation strategy-not just labor cost.
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