The use of robots to participate in productive labor has long been a topic of science fiction. Schneider Electric, a global specialist in digital transformation in energy management and automation, today announced the launch of the Lexium Cobot, a collaborative robot that integrates the next generation of automation and advanced industrial robotics, bringing the imagination of science fiction one step closer to reality.

At present, China’s manufacturing industry is facing three major challenges: on the one hand, the market is changing rapidly, consumers’ demand for products is becoming clearer and clearer, creating more market segments, and enterprises need to flexibly adjust the production line to cope with it; On the other hand, the energy shortage and supply chain risks caused by extreme weather, political conflicts and other factors cannot be underestimated, which puts forward higher requirements for production resilience, and also makes “improving energy efficiency and reducing costs” an industry consensus;

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In addition, with the rapid growth of the global elderly population, the trend of labor shortage has become a foregone conclusion, and the traditional labor-intensive manufacturing industry urgently needs to find alternative solutions to solve the “labor shortage”. For this reason, the entire industry is urgently looking for efficient, flexible, easy-to-use, low-cost solutions. Under the background of accelerating the pace of global industrial automation and making great progress in the development of intelligent manufacturing, new technologies that strive to solve the pain points of manufacturing are emerging in an endless flow, and collaborative robots are one of them.

Cobot-Collaborative robots are robotic automation systems designed to work safely with people in a collaborative workspace. Schneider Electric launches the Lexium Cobot as part of the Automation Solutions motion control portfolio, which includes robots: Lexium P&T Delta Robot, Lexium PAS&PAD – Portal shaft, conveyor system: Lexium MC12- Flexible conveying systems, motion controllers, drives, motors and more. During their participation in the production process, Lexium Cobot collaborates with people to undertake highly flexible, high-intensity and repeatable work with the help of dynamic torque and speed monitoring. While enhancing enterprise agility and production efficiency, it empowers workers and enhances their ability to cope with production problems.