Cobots in the pharmaceutical industry
Collaborative robots – or cobots – have several benefits and applications in the medical industry. By collaborating with human workers, medical robots can increase the efficiency of the pharmaceutical industry, ensure the safety of your workers and maintain the quality of your products.
What are the benefits of cobots in the pharmaceutical and medical industries?
Cobots – in any industry, but also in the medical sector – have several important advantages, namely:
Reducing and preventing staff shortages;
Accommodating peaks in the production process;
Reducing the burden on workers;
Reducing your employees’ internal travel time;
Consistently delivering products of high quality.
Why deploy collaborative medical robots in the pharma industry?
Manufacturing drugs and/or medical devices is a complex process with several steps. It is enormously important to carry out each stage of the production process carefully, with constant attention to quality and safety. In practice, this amounts to a lot of repetitive work for your employees. For them, this is physically and mentally taxing. That is why cobots in the pharmaceutical and medical sector offer a solution.
How do you apply cobots in the pharmaceutical industry?
In the medical sector, cobots are used for various tasks, such as packaging, assembling and labeling. The adaptability of a cobot allows it to be quickly programmed to perform different tasks as a medical robot. For example, a cobot works on multiple production lines and with multiple pharmaceutical products. In addition, you can equip a cobot with sensors and cameras, after which it takes accurate measurements and performs various quality checks during the production process. This makes a cobot suitable not only for the pharmaceutical industry, but also in the food and beverage and packaging industries.
Prevent stress and solve staff shortages
In the medical sector, staff shortages and a high workload are common problems. These problems are easily solved with a cobot. Such a cobot does not serve as a replacement for your staff, but as an addition. Collaborative medical robots are suitable for working together with your employees in one room, without being separated by fencing. If one of your employees touches a cobot, that cobot immediately stops its work. This prevents accidents. In addition, cobots take over repetitive and tedious tasks, reducing the strain on your employees.
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