Industries will use humanoid robots to solve the problem of lack of workers

Industries will use humanoid robots to solve the problem of lack of workers

By implementing humanoid robots in production, industries could primarily overcome the continuous problem of a lack of workers, and it is expected that this will contribute to increasing productivity, reducing costs and stimulating innovation in the work environment, the analysis of the Horváth consultancy reveals „Humanoid robots in operations“.

Humanoid robots that resemble people in design should soon be implemented in the production halls of industrial companies. Serial production of such machines is expected already during the next year. These are just some of the conclusions of the market analysis.Humanoid robots in operations“, created by a consulting company Horváth. Thanks to accelerated technological progress, it is expected that by 2030, humanoid robots will be so advanced that in production, which is increasingly faced with the problem of a lack of workers, they will be able to help solve this challenge.

Until now, they were mainly used in industry articulated robots for commercial welding, painting and assembly. Collaborative robots (eng. coboti) were used, among other things, for product quality control. Humanoid robots are already being used in the automotive industry as part of a pilot project, and it is predicted that their improvement will go in the direction of movement speed, flexibility and finer motor skills, which imitate human ones.

„Our analysis showed that in the near future, humanoid robots have the potential to take over more than 50 percent of primarily manual tasks in a manufacturing environment. By implementing them in manufacturing, industries could overcome the continuing problem of a shortage of workers for physically demanding, repetitive jobs. Although it initially requires significant investments, it is expected that this approach will contribute to increasing productivity, reducing costs and encouraging innovation in the work environment.“, she explained Maria Boldor from the consulting company Horváth.

Although pilot projects are only underway, many industries already see the potential in the use of humanoid robots, but are also beginning to consider the possibility of implementation in different strategies and possible scenarios and application sectors. It is expected that with development technologies the range of tasks that robots will be able to perform will be increasing, so the long-term return on investment should be more significant.

At the moment, the costs of acquiring and integrating humanoid robots are significantly higher than the costs of other industrial robots, concludes this Horváth analysis. However, when serial production begins, a significant reduction in costs is expected.

Source: BIZLife

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