<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">To answer this question, one has to review the 5 points mentioned below and then consider the scale of your factory to understand the type and number of robots required:</span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">Because robotic arms are very common, many manufacturers feel that an automated system must utilize a robot to be effective. In reality, there is a certain set of functions and features that make a system most appropriate for robots.</span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">1) <strong>The size and complexity of the system:</strong> If your system is large and complex, you are more likely to want a robot that can perform several tasks at once. In automating production steps on a long assembly line, you could automate both the stacking of finished products and the moving of the stacked pallets to the other side of the room with the same robot. Due to the complexity of a larger automated system, it makes sense to simplify as many steps as possible. Furthermore, the more axes of motion your robot has, the more complicated and varied movements your robot can complete, which can be effective when consolidating steps. This helps you decide the type as well as the number of robots required based on the size of your line and the DoFs that your robot will carry.</span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">2.) <strong>The degree to which you will automate:</strong> Robots are more likely to be used in bigger factories because industrial robots can carry high price tags and because larger factories often want to automate to a higher degree. When automating a process, the manufacturer has a choice as to the degree to which they will make the system entirely automatic as opposed to manual. Because robots are frequently used to complement larger automation systems, the more automatic the system, the more likely it is that robots will be a part of the system. Robots are very easy to program and merge with the software of a larger automated system, which makes them an easy addition to logical junctures in the process.</span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">Moreover, the degree of automation is directly linked to the budget that one has. For example, if one has to automate both, palletizing and packaging but is on a restricted budget, automating either of the processes will be beneficial too.</span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">3.) <strong>The level of precision and speed you need:</strong> Robots can perform very precise tasks very quickly. In some manufacturing processes, these aspects are critical. For example, in the production of medical syringes, even the smallest imprecision can result in an unusable product. In addition, if a manufacturing process involves inspection or testing, robots offer an easy solution. Whether used in conjunction with a visual inspection system or used alone to perform functional tests, robots can significantly speed the inspection process. So, based on the production throughput and the vision system capability in QC, it can also help in ascertaining the number of robots needed.</span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">4.) <strong>Robots have applications in smaller automated systems as well:</strong> Though larger manufacturers are still more likely to buy robots than smaller manufacturers, there are plenty of instances in which a smaller manufacturer might want to consider robots. In many cases, because robots come as ready-made, easily programmable units, they often offer simple solutions within any type of automation setup. In addition, there are now more robots on the market that are targeted specifically at smaller manufacturers.</span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000">5.) <strong>How likely is it that your process will change and grow in the future?</strong> Because robots can be quickly and easily reprogrammed and adapted for new tasks and processes, having a robot in the system will make it easier should there be a need to change the manufacturing process. For example, if the company produces cell phone bumpers, it may need to change your product and process each time a new design is introduced. If the process uses robots, one can easily adjust the robots to handle the change in the production of the new cases of different dimensions without having to spend lots of money replacing major portions of your system.</span></span></p>

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