Collaborative robots: selecting and deploying cobots that pay back
Select and deploy collaborative robots with realistic payback — risk assessment, end-effectors, application fit, and integration costs beyond the arm.
ISO 10218
Safety requirements for industrial robots and robot systems.
ISO 10218 specifies safety requirements for industrial robot systems and their integration, including safeguarding, modes, stopping, and validation. It applies to robot applications, not just the arm hardware.
See also: Robotics · Cobot · Functional safety
Use the concept: Automation ROI & payback calculator
In depth
Automation ROI and payback: a business case operations can verify
Separate installed cost, cash savings, released capacity and recurring expenses, then test a conservative scenario before approving automation.
Line balancing and bottleneck capacity: work from the constraint
Estimate serial-line capacity, distinguish parallel lanes from stations, and use a small observation study before adding automation.