Collaborative robots. cooperative robots. What is the distinction?

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In terms of product position, cooperative robotics sits between commercial robots and cobots, combining the advantages of industrial robots and collaborative robots with the help of safety sensors (usually laser scanners).

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Below is a chart showing the relationship between machines and humans across productivity and company complexity. Humans and cobots are more proficient at handling complicated tasks

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but often have much lower performance compared to dedicated machines (for example, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines and many others) or robots.

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On the contrary, trading robots and dedicated machines have high productivity but limited potential to deal with complex obligations as they are specially programmed for a certain type of business.

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Collaborative robots. cooperative robots. What is the distinction?

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In today's society, the increasing demand for productivity and complexity of paints requires manufacturers to find a balance between productivity and the ability to perform complicated tasks.

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While cobots have shown some advantages in addressing low volume overmix (HMLV) production, one of the fundamental issues is slow operating speed and occasional productivity.

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