Veo Robotics, the industrial automation company and developer of FreeMove, the 3D safeguarding system for industrial robots, recently surveyed more than 500 manufacturers across the US, UK, and Japan to inform the following Veo Robotics’ 2022 Manufacturing Automation Outlook.
Read MoreThe transformative potential of automation has been pushed into the forefront these past two years. As majority of industries continue to battle a historic labor shortage, automation technology enables them to get work done even when they’re short on human talent.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
By reimagining the problem at hand and attacking it from a fresh angle, it’s possible to uncover a new paradigm that unlocks major performance gains.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
There is (in theory and in practice) a “best,” most productive combination of humans and machines working together.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
Productivity in manufacturing has hit a wall. Jumping over this wall will require novel approaches to introducing flexibility in factories and workshops.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
Coupled with mass customization and SKU proliferation, shorter product life cycles force manufacturers to continually shift production profiles very quickly. Stick demands for consistently high-quality products on top and you get the perfect storm.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
Over the last couple of decades, as a result of changes in demand, competition, and market pressures, manufacturing has become a more complex and fraught affair requiring increased flexibility with a narrower margin of error.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
Is there a way to make your system more “resistant” to uncertainty? Is it possible to eliminate the tradeoff between fully automated and fully manual modes of production? The answer to both is, in fact, yes. And as it turns out, such a rearrangement also has economic value.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
In today’s post we’ll wade into some options theory and discuss how the value of optionality should influence whether you decide to fully automate or use only human workers.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
Automation filling in for the “giant sucking sound” of people leaving the workforce is not a new phenomenon.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, and Clara Vu, co-founder and VP Engineering, Veo Robotics
On top of not being able to match our computing power, machines also fail spectacularly when compared to human perception and manipulation skills.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
In today’s post we discuss the dystopians, who sell the most books by featuring apocalyptic visions of AI taking over the world and consigning humanity to the scrap heap, or perhaps to permanent servitude or slavery.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
Disruption to the 20th century pattern of manufacturing activity flowing across Asia and emerging markets elsewhere could cause a profound realignment on manufacturing capital flows and production profiles, and how countries get rich in the future.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
Rather than believing that AI and automation will expand the pie, traditionalists believe these technologies will only change the widths of the slices. And they are most concerned with quantifying those changes and preparing policy responses.
Read MoreBy Alberto Moel, Vice President Strategy and Partnerships, Veo Robotics
The premier proponent of the techno-pessimists, who predict that AI is over-hyped and that we're only going to see "more of the same," is Northwestern University professor Robert Gordon.
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