Examples of use of cobots

Sectors that until recently were considered immune to robotic intrusion are also changing. For example, SAM (semi automated mason) is a specific robot for building walls with bricks and is capable of building a wall six times faster than a human. SAM can lay 3,000 bricks a day, compared to the 500 that an average worker can lay. SAM is already being used on construction projects around the world, working hand in hand with site personnel.
Robots are already being used on farms for planting, weeding and harvesting, as well as for milking cows, as well as in other applications that no one would have thought of just a few years ago. For example, a Plymouth University-based startup, at the meeting, is finalizing the details of a robot capable of picking 25,000 berries a day, 10,000 more than a human is capable of collecting on average, in an eight-hour shift. Until not so long ago, this type of task would have been considered too complicated for a machine, because the robot has to be able to identify which fruits are already ripe and handle an extremely delicate product without damaging it, adapting to a wide variety of light conditions . Its developers assure that the savings in labor would more than offset the cost of using the robot for this type of work, while it would speed up deadlines due to its ability to work 24 hours a day.
Autonomous vehicles are another example of collaboration between humans and robots. Although it will still be a few years before we can ride in a truly autonomous vehicle, most vehicles in development today offer greater levels of autonomy or semi-autonomy with each passing day. Many cars are already capable of operating at autonomy level 2, that is, semi-autonomously. At this level, a car is able to drive by staying in its lane by controlling the distance that separates it from surrounding vehicles without human intervention. With this level of autonomy, the vehicle can take control over the steering and brake in the event of sudden braking.

Conclusions

Cobots are capable of performing tasks by sharing a space with workers. The use of this type of robot can offer great advantages in all kinds of applications, as we have seen in this article. For this reason, everything seems to indicate that the collaborative robot sector is going to experience a stage of rapid expansion in the coming years.