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摘要

Modern: Robotics is often news today in warehousing and distribution. Yet, robots have been in manufacturing for decades. What has changed and why now? Knott: Robotics are showing up in the warehouse for many of the same reasons they were adopted in manufacturing. Lack of labor availability is becoming a strong driver as well as for reasons of worker safety, including ergonomic concerns and highly repetitive and mundane actions. Parrott: In addition to the labor issue, technology has advanced to the point that incorporating robots in semi-structured and unstructured environments is now possible through the use of advanced vision solutions, motion planners and gripping techniques. Previously, they were constrained to fixed environments.