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The new Workforce: How Smart Robotics and Automation are Redefining Efficiency
In the age of technology 4.0, artificial intelligence (AI), smart robotics, and automation are changing stereotypes about traditional views on work. Along with the development of technology, the need for efficiency and productivity at work is increasing. This poses a big challenge for businesses and workers. In this article, we’ll explore how smart robots and automation are redefining the concept of efficiency in modern workplaces.
Applying robot technology in the manufacturing industry
Nowadays, factories and businesses are gradually moving and applying advanced technologies such as robot technology to production lines. The advancement of information technology in the 4.0 industrial revolution has led to the integration of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and big data networks into today’s industrial robot systems. This technology is becoming an inevitable trend aimed at supporting the execution of tasks to increase business productivity.
Factories are gradually applying advanced technologies such as robot technology to production lines
Industrial robots are machines and equipment that can perform work automatically through electronic tools such as computers or pre-programmed electronic circuits. They are considered a solution that not only improves the working efficiency of factory enterprises but is also a way to limit the risk of errors in production and minimize labor accidents.
Take the Light Industrial Robot Arm with Robotic Vision as an example. People manufacture it with a laser-sensing eye and camera array. The light industrial robot with robotic vision can see, respond instantly, and perform the job at hand reliably. Therefore, these robots can perform tasks such as installing windshield panels or fenders in automobile manufacturing more accurately and saving more time than conventional industrial robot arms.
Another type of robot is the industrial robots that serve heavy work in hazardous environments: painting, and manual welding. This type of robot helps to solve difficulties in factories today such as the lack of highly skilled labor.
Service robots in the tourism and hotel industry
Nowadays, using robots in hospitality businesses is becoming popular. It can help businesses cut labor costs, increase work efficiency, and minimize unnecessary contact.
Service robots in the tourism and hotel industry
In the world, people use Robotic services in many hotels for tasks such as check-in, vacuuming floors, transporting luggage for guests, and reception services. In tourism and travel, robots perform many different tasks: preparing drinks, guiding visitors, and providing data and tourist destination information to tourists.
Henn-na Hotel in Japan is one of the first hotels in the world to use service robots to replace 100% of its staff. Over the past five years, hotels in the United States (Aloft Hotels and Hilton Hotels) have used service robots for many tasks.
Application of robots in agriculture
Some robots that perform the task of automatically harvesting fruit trees are typically designed such as orange-picking robots (Hannan and Burks, 2004), strawberry-picking robots (Kondo et al., 2005), and tomato-harvesting robots (Chi & Linh, 2004) developed in laboratories. The Demeter system is equipped with cameras and GPS for navigation for harvesting in the fields (Pilarski et al., 2002). Weed control and eradication robots are designed (Have et al., 2005).
In addition, Robotics can collect data on water needs, nutrients, and plant resistance, thereby helping to improve garden management. Farmers also use Robots to assist in animal care and health monitoring, helping to reduce labor and improve product quality.
Agricultural robots bring many benefits and reduce negative impacts on the environment
Agricultural robots can perform assigned work under working conditions throughout the year. They do not require supervision and adapt to environmental conditions. Small robotic devices will have less impact on the environment; and reduce excessive use of chemicals and fertilizers. They use energy by requirements, have better control, and do not cause soil compaction due to their lighter weight.
While robotics and automation are redefining work efficiency in industrial and service environments, they also open up a future full of potential and excitement. The use of smart robots and automation not only enhances productivity and efficiency but also opens the door to a more flexible, creative, and advanced work environment. However, to take advantage of the benefits of this technology, we need to put in place appropriate regulations, while ensuring that humans still play a crucial role in the working environment.
