With the addition of the LD-250 into OMRON’s mobile robot LD series, customers in industries like automotive, electronics, etc no longer need to establish fixed material transport equipment.

Automotive industry has been an early adopter of robotics for application such as welding, painting, glue dispensing, etc.

At this year’s Hannover Messe 2019 trade fair, Yaskawa showcased prototype of a new and larger Motoman HC20 collaborative robot (cobot), which would hit the Indian market in near future.

Owing to their varied strengths, Cobots bring in ingenuity and creativity by taking care of repetitive manual labor activities so that the employees can climb up the skills ladder.

Today, there are several areas or tasks that are automated or handled by robots at auto manufacturing units in India.

With automotive manufacturing showing signs of strong growth, the machine tools industry needs to tap opportunities. IMTEX 2019, showcasing an array of new products and technologies, provided a glimpse of new state-of-the-art technologies needed to remain competitive globally.

To increase competitiveness and meet customers’ demand of new products, traditional companies are forced to transform rapidly and embrace new technology driven business models.

As robots are taking on more 'human' capabilities and traits such as sensing, dexterity, memory and trainability, Universal Robots' cobots (collaborative robots) are helping companies to raise productivity by combining human skill with robotic technology.

The budget aims to drive consumption by giving push to infrastructure & MSMEs sector and developments in rural areas. While the automotive industry will benefit from these measures, the budget could have done more, says Rakesh Rao.