This piece of technology is able to maneuver its way around a warehouse after being programmed and can grab different materials or products that you so desire. It is able to drive around a shop with much more ease and durability than any other automated industrial vehicle ever has. A lot of the older technologies required magnets in the floor, which was cost a great deal of money to install. Also, they were usually on a fixed path, like a bus route, so if something that you needed was not on its path, you were out of luck. This highly advanced product, is more like a point to point taxi, where it can go anywhere in the warehouse that you ask it to, and retrieve your desired object a lot quicker because it does not have to take an unnecessary long route as the older vehicles did.
As a mechanical engineer, I have many values, for myself and for the community that I work in. Some of the things that ME's value are: efficiency, safety, dependability, and making a difference. The Adept Mobile Industrial Robot is a product that would help many engineers and businesses bring these values to life in their field of work and help them to exceed their goals and aspirations.
This robot is nothing less than efficient. Replacing a forklift or conveyor while adding durability and many other great qualities, is definitely something that this is capable of. This could cut costs for companies paying for large and inefficient equipment, while improving productivity. There is no doubt, any engineer or technician would be relieved of some unnecessary duties by incorporating a Adept Industrial Robot into their processes. It would also speed up the manufacturing process, thus being able to get things done on time or ahead of time, which engineers value greatly as well. If an engineer suddenly needs a few screw that are located on the other end of the shop, the robot can maneuver its way over there to pick up a few screws while you work on something else.
Safety is a huge concern in warehouse across the world. Rather than dipping and dodging a forklift or other dangerous machinery, this compact robot incorporates sensors that ensure it does not bump into or touch anything that it is not supposed to. So, instead of you looking out for dangerous machinery in the warehouse, the robot looks out for you, so you can go about your business faster, without worrying about getting smacked in the head.
One of the biggest values that mechanical engineers are concerned with is dependability. The robot itself, is nothing less than dependable. Compared to the older technology in industrial robots, which use magnets and permanent routes that the vehicle can travel on, the Adept robot can go wherever you want it to go at any time, and you are sure to get the objects you asked for on time and safely.
Engineers love to make a difference in the community and their field of study. This robot will for sure allow workers to achieve this goal because the Adept Mobile Robot makes a difference itself. It allows the engineers and technicians to spend less time running around the shop looking for things, and more time perfecting products they might be working on or developing new and better technologies that would make a bigger difference to the people that they sell to.
This technology would benefit anyone in the manufacturing world. Mechanical Engineers definitely approve of this product because of the values that it improves: efficiency, safety, dependability and making a difference.
Full News Article - Mobile Indusrtrial Robot
Credited to: http://img.deusm.com/designnews/2013/02/259391/094956_780411.jpg
Good job of connecting M.E. values to the technology. Seems like a pretty cool technology I have never heard of.
ReplyDeleteI also liked how you connected the values ME to the robot technology. Robots could cut down on the costs of personnel but how much will the thing cost? Is this a common robot or is there only a few of these robots around?
ReplyDeleteThis is a very new technology that companies are just starting to incorporate into their shops and warehouses. They do cost thousands of dollars, but for the amount that they help companies achieve their goals, price is not a concern.
DeleteMechanical Engineering seems to be a lead role in producing robotics and involving them to reduce on costs operations. Thanks for the insight.
ReplyDelete