Challenges When Introducing Robotic Automation

There’s no doubt introducing robots into manufacturing and processing operations offers numerous benefits such as increased efficiency, quality, precision, and cost savings.

However using robots also presents a number of challenges. Those we regularly see include

While we love our Kiwi DIY mentality, it’s a shame to see automation projects fail to deliver or never get finished because someone with no experience with robotic automation or who has a busy day job, gets given the role to implement the robotic system. Particularly for the first project, use skilled, experienced people to lead the project.

People are often wary of change and have little of no experience of robots.

Early on invest time in engaging with your team to help them understand Robots take away dull, dirty and dangerous roles, enhance health and safety
and also create new roles (eg programming and maintaining Robots).

Integrating with existing systems can be complex – the good news is modern robots come with capability and systems to enable effective integration with existing systems.

If you are considering Robotic Automation contact the experienced team at Design Energy.