What Knocked Our Socks Off on Day 1 @ Automatica 2022

It has been a busy day at this time right here at Automatica 2022. And it is simply Day 1!

The solar has been beating down on Munich all day, so most of the guests have been taking it as an impromptu beer pageant, with German sausages and prezels to go alongside.

Right here on the Robotiq sales space, we have had some nice conversations with guests who’re eager to study extra about collaborative robotics and the way it may be utilized in their very own purposes. We confirmed you considered one of our demos in our earlier put up at this time. 

We have additionally seen some unimaginable robots in motion, in addition to a few of the extraordinary issues that make this commerce honest such a enjoyable occasion. 

Listed below are a few of the highlights from at this time…

A person takes his robotic for a stroll

There’s a big number of folks right here on the commerce honest this yr. It isn’t simply automation engineers and manufacturing facility homeowners. Households, college students, researchers, kids, programmers… you identify it, they’re right here!

A number of folks… however we’ve not seen any pets right here although. Nonetheless, we did move this man taking his robotic for a stroll earlier at this time.

You would not your robotic to run away by itself would you!

Rubber geese and tigers? Effectively, why not?

Effectively, okay. There have really been a couple of animals on the occasion. At the very least, of the toy type. 

This regal-looking tiger was hanging out on a pallet in a single sales space – slowly shifting up and down on a lifting machine.

It is actually a novel approach to get folks to concentrate to your sales space! 

We perceive… not all automation machines are as eye-catching as robots. 

I imply, how do you make a conveyor belt look attention-grabbing?…

By attaching rubber geese to it, after all! These had been shifting right into a fish tank with slightly dinosaur in it. It is actually colourful!

Agility is the best way to thrive

We have additionally been asking round to maintain on prime of the developments within the business, that we made some predictions about earlier than the commerce honest started. 

One one that summed up the present scenario for a lot of producers was Peng-Sang Cau from ATS Life Sciences in her discuss on the automaticaForum. 

She began by saying that the world is in turmoil proper now (which I feel many people can relate to). Labor shortages, geopolitical strains, the affect of the worldwide pandemic… and now a warfare in Ukraine, which is on lots of people’s minds proper now and is inflicting many producers to hesitate to automate amid such uncertainty. 

How can we overcome these challenges? By changing into agile, adaptable, and resiliant (which, she defined, are actually the identical factor).

Cau challenged the traditional tradeoff of flexibility vs pace in manufacturing. Often, we see that elevating your flexibility means decreasing your pace. However, she argued, on this fashionable world, agility *is* pace.

And reshoring (supported by automation) is a part of that for a lot of producers.

She completed by saying “I see agility profitable the race. Within the manufacturing facility of the longer term, I do not see a maze of customized automation. I see moduluar, versatile options. Allow us to all cease watching all these adjustments round us. Allow us to be part of it.”

That is actually the ethos we comply with at Robotiq, and the versatile software kits we’re displaying this yr are an ideal instance of that drive for agility. 

The digital world is coming… offline?

Amid so many individuals having fun with beers within the sunshine, we noticed these entertaining folks… strolling round sporting their digital actuality headsets.

Effectively, there’s a variety of discuss concerning the rise of digital twins, is not there? I assume the subsequent step is to deliver your digital twin offline, by simply sporting a VR headset on a regular basis!

Video of our day’s highlights

Are the images not serving to you are feeling you are a part of the motion? We can assist with that!

This is a video of our highlights from at this time:

Time to loosen up, with a UR occasion

Day 1 is over. Are we taking it simple and stress-free? 

Not fairly. As in earlier years, our sales space is hooked up to that of Common Robots. And they’re internet hosting a celebration tonight!

So we’ll see you tomorrow, with blurry eyes and massive smiles on our faces! 

As they are saying right here in Germany… Prost!