Process Optimisation Using Collaborative Robots - Comparative Case Study

Anthony Quenehen1, Jerome Pocachard2, Nathalie Klement3

  • 1Arts et Métiers ParisTech
  • 2ECAM Lyon, School of Engineering
  • 3Arts et Métiers

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12:06 - 12:28 | Wed 28 Aug | 004 | WeAT3.4

Session: Lean Production in the Context of the 4th Industrial Revolution

Abstract

Human Robot Collaboration is seen as a signicant feature of Industry 4.0 implementation. Collaborative robots (cobots) are supposed to deliver superior process performance, which was so far achieved through the application of Lean Manufacturing techniques. The following case study, built around the assembly process of a pneumatic cylinder, tends to analyse not only the actual benets of cobot implementation, but also the success factors,in conjunction with Lean Manufacturing usage. Finally, this paper suggests a draft method towards the successful integration of cobot.