NPR on robots and people

With labor, transportation, and material costs rising in every manufacturing sector, companies are anxious to find ways to save money. For CNC machining, tooling is an additional, often unforeseen,

Tool breakage has always been a challenge for machining operations. These breaks can occur during regular machining cycles due to tool wear that eventually results in failure. They may also occur due

In today’s hyper-competitive manufacturing environment, those who don’t improve risk being left behind. Continuous improvement has long been the goal of a slate of methodologies, including Lean, Six

Have you ever heard the expression "out of sight, out of mind"? Sometimes ignorance is bliss. But in manufacturing, being out of sight and out of mind may mean losing focus on shop floor activities,

Robots are not here to eliminate the need for humans.

NPR reported, "In general, people and robots work best together, with robots handling dangerous, monotonous jobs and precision work, while people handle tactile work, switch between tasks, make decisions — and come up with creative ideas for improving things."

It's about finding the right balance - if we get robots to do the jobs that people don't want to do and create safer jobs for the employees everyone wins!

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The Volvo plant relies on people to attach drive shafts and other parts on the final production line.Gary Coleman/Courtesy of Volvo Cars America hide caption toggle caption Gary Coleman/Courtesy of Volvo Cars America The Volvo plant relies on people to attach drive shafts and other parts on the final production line.Read More