Until recently, the Industrial Revolution was largely associated with drastic engineering efforts that transformed Britain’s industry. Two centuries later, we are experiencing another shift in global manufacturing, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Nigel Smith, Managing Director of TM Robotics, explains how Britain can reclaim the robotics revolution with simplified robot programming.
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Until a few years ago, the phrase ‘Industrial Revolution’ was largely associated with radical engineering changes that transformed industry in Britain, and then the rest of the world. Two centuries later, we’re experiencing another shift in the manufacturing landscape, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Nigel Smith, Manging Director of TM Robotics, investigates who is leading the way in the race for automated production.
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Fold it, seal it, tape it, box it, pick it, place it – automate it. No, these aren’t Daft Punk lyrics, but the separate processes that Orfer Oy needed to automate to speed up its packaging operations. However, automating these processes without expanding on factory floor space was no easy feat.
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In January, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its first ‘Readiness for the Future of Production Report’. It outlines how well-positioned economies are to benefit from Industry 4.0. However, much of the news that has been generated since its release has focused on job losses caused by automation, rather than its potential. Here, Nigel Smith, Managing Director of TM Robotics, examines the risk versus reward of the machine economy.
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Nigel Smith, CEO of TM Robotics, explains why manufacturers really need to understand the facts before they jump on the cobot bandwagon, as this investment may not be as low-risk as it first appears.
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Demonstrating static electricity by using a charged balloon to levitate your hair is a classic science experiment. But, imagine if you could harness the same static cling within the fashion industry, to assemble the uppers of Nike trainers at 20 times the pace of a human worker. Robotics start-up Grabit is harnessing static electricity, machine learning and automation from Toshiba Machine partner, TM Robotics, to do just that.
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