Scalable Automation by Human-Robot Collaboration
人机协作实现可扩展自动化

Target Group

This training was developed for managers and engineers who seek for potentials of automation while maintaining flexibility.

Objectives and Content

The increasing demand for customization, shortened product lift-cycles and increasing labor cost raise new challenges for production systems. Flexible systems are needed, that can adapt to these changing requirements and achieve similar cost efficiency as traditional lean production systems. Scalable Automation allows a quick adaption of the automation level of an assembly system. Enablers for scalable automation are introduced in this course. Special attention is paid to proper task allocation between human operators and Collaborative Robots (Cobots).

Why this training is very important for your career and for your company?

• Learn how to seek for potentials of automation while maintaining flexibility
• learn how to do proper task allocation between human operators and Collaborative Robots (Cobots).

Outline

• Introduction of changeability and scalable automation
  • Manual assembly line practice and discussion
  • Challenges and change drivers enabled by Industry 4.0
  • Introduction of scalable automation
• Assessment of automation levels
  • Overview of assessment tool and functionalities
  • Case study: Changeability analysis
• Introduction of human-robot collaboration
  • Industrial robots and Cobots
  • Show case of Cobots
  • Case study: Scenario development
• Cost analysis and roadmap development
  • Introduction of Monte Carlo simulation
  • Case study: Analysis of optimal scaling path