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The Other ChatGPTs: Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
By Ix Lee, Head of Sales SEA and Oceania, Universal Robots The turn of the year was when Artificial Intelligence (AI) really became a household term. Following the meteoric rise of ChatGPT, almost everyone is now introduced to the phenomenon of AI. In fact, government agencies in the Southeast Asian region are harnessing its power…
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Rising Trends In The Adoption of Collaborative Automation
By James McKew, Regional Director Asia-Pacific at Universal Robots More factories than ever before now rely on robots to help relieve human workers from tedious and dangerous tasks, ensure product quality with repetitive tasks, and improve overall productivity. In 2020, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) estimated that 2.7 million industrial robots are currently deployed around the…
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Bringing Manufacturing Activities Back Home with Collaborative Robots
By James McKew, Regional Director Asia-Pacific Universal Robots Reshoring is all about bringing manufacturing, assembly, and finishing operations back closer to the markets in which their end products are to be sold. Such reshoring is made possible by new ways of integrating automation and robotics with unique human skills, to dramatically increase productivity, product quality,…
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Creating a Safe Working Environment with Cobots
By Darrell Adams, Head of Southeast Asia & Oceania, Universal Robots With the advent of automation, safety has become one of the top considerations in a manufacturing facility. Common safety options put in place are cages and fences to separate the work spaces of robots and human operators. However, this places limitation on the use…
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Raising Robot Literacy – Welcome To The Interactive, Free Online Education On Cobots
SINGAPORE, 4 November 2020, Universal Robots (UR), global leader of the latest human and robot collaboration, highlights 9 free, interactive online education modules for collaborative robots (cobots) programming at Universal Robots Academy. Universal Robots encourage career seekers and switchers interested in manufacturing and robots to engage in this field-proven learning system for retraining and reskilling.…
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Pandemic Fuels Global Demand for ‘Cobots’ in Health Sector
SINGAPORE, 24 August 2020 – Universal Robots (UR), Denmark-based collaborative robots (cobots) technology market leader, advised business leaders across health and related key industries to leverage robotic automation in response to COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Cobots have emerged as a tremendous force for good in the global battle against COVID-19. Contributing to the global response to the…