Food Manufacturing 4.0The Robotics Challenge

Dr. Andrea Paoli

[Illustration by Brucie Rosch]

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Robot Economics 1/4

[Barclays Bank – Future Proofing UK Manufacturing, 2015]

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Robot Economics 2/4

[World Robotics 2015 Industrial Robots, IFR]

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Robot Economics 3/4

[World Robotics 2015 Industrial Robots, IFR]

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Robot Economics 4/4

[World Robotics 2015 Industrial Robots, IFR]

What’s going on here?!?

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Industry 4.0

[http://www.engineersjournal.ie]

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Factory of the Future

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The End of Separation

From cages, fences and interlocks…

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The End of Separation

…to Human/Robot Collaborative (HRC) systems.

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The End of Separation

[Courtesy ABB Robotics]

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The End of Separation

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The End of Separation

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The End of Separation

~£30K

~£50K

~£20K

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[Courtesy WillowGarage]

Do we trust robots?

Basic Safety-Related Functions

Supervision Functions

Intrinsically Safe Robots

Next Generation Predictive Robots

We are here!!

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Conclusions Industry 4.0 revolution

Human and Robots work together High productivity and availability

We need to work together More investment Push robotics in less-explored sectors

Robotics of the future Internet of Things Advanced Safety Natural Human/Robot interaction