The advantages the system brings in all industries are:
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Improvement of product quality, by improvement in your production line’s consistency and reduce the number of defective products.
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Elimination of human ergonomic constraints on the production line, robots can increase the output.
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Time savings, and saving idle a human employee time
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Prevention of human health and safety issues.
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Standardize tasks and parts.
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Waste reduction practices by eliminating some non-value-added tasks (such as part preparation, cleaning, etc. by manual operators).
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Automatic error-proofing. The robot gripper recognizes when it’s presented with the wrong part
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The robot can go into a specific visible position or cause a light to flash, letting human operators know they need to take action.

The basic manufacturing process is transforming physical materials and selling physical products. But with time, the jobs in a factory will look more like IT jobs than welding jobs.
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Machines now are all controlled by computers, not only by mechanical or electrical means like in the past, and they’re getting more and more connected.