{"id":2953,"date":"2020-05-05T09:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T13:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robodk.com\/blog\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2024-11-05T04:45:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:45:08","slug":"advanced-automation-automotive-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robodk.com\/blog\/advanced-automation-automotive-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Advanced Automation To Automotive Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canadian\nrobot software provider RoboDK has teamed up with automation specialists RobCo\nS.W.A.T. from Bulgaria to provide the world’s leading automotive experts with\nadvanced Industry 4.0 solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’re\nhonored to partner with RobCo S.W.A.T. to provide flexible and efficient\nautomation systems for global automotive car manufacturers such as Audi,\nVolkswagen, Lamborghini and Porsche,\u201d says RoboDK’s co-founder and CEO, Albert\nNubiola. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RoboDK\noffline programming and simulation software gives automation cell designers\nunprecedented robot simulation possibilities and supports simultaneous\nsimulations of bespoke hardware devices alongside leading robot brands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\na recent project for Mercedes-Benz (Daimler AG) RobCo S.W.A.T. used RoboDK\nsoftware to simulate ABB and Motoman robots working on a range of automotive\nmanufacturing tasks including assembly and painting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy\ncombining Rhino and RoboDK we are able to offer high quality integration at an\naffordable cost,\u201d says RobCo S.W.A.T. CEO, Theodor Georgiev. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specialists\nin the optimization of automotive production lines, RobCo S.W.A.T. provides the\nworld’s leading car brands with a full range of robotic services from cell\ndesign, modeling and customized hardware to software and mechanics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\npower and versatility of RoboDK software helps to support one of the pillars of\nRobCo S.W.A.T.’s automation strategy \u2013 simulation and programming industrial\nrobot arms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe implement control systems, fluid systems, simulation software, electromechanical engineering, and six sigma management,\u201d says Goergiev. \u201cWhen someone has access to these instruments for testing and configuring their automated systems, they become significantly more effective and systems can be realized much faster.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RoboDK software enables offline automation testing prior to implementation.
Credit: RobCo S.W.A.T.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RoboDK software enables RobCo S.W.A.T.’s engineers to program robots outside the production environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\nability to generate robot programs away from live production lines empowers\nrobot engineers in several ways, from eliminating the production downtime\nassociated with shop floor programming to providing a safe, simulated\nenvironment for testing different cell design scenarios,\u201d says RoboDK’s\nNubiola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the right software tools, you don’t have to be a world-class engineer to simulate and program industrial robots. For example, RoboDK software\u2019s ingenious drag-and-drop design functionality and library of fifteen robot application scenarios from robot machining to polishing, means that even end-users with no programming knowledge can set-up simulations and generate robot programs within minutes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RoboDK’s\nsoftware library supports more than 500 robots from 50 manufacturers, including\nFANUC, Yaskawa, Universal Robots and KUKA. This gives end users the ability to\nconfigure and test automated cells in a safe environment and within the same\nsoftware ecosystem.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, RoboDK software provides plugins for SolidWorks,\nMastercam, Inventor, Fusion 360, FeatureCAM, MecSoft and SolidEdge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Automotive is the main driver and largest segment of the\nindustrial robotics sector accounting for 30% of global robot installations,\naccording to the latest figures<\/a> from the\nInternational Federation of Robotics.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RobCo S.W.A.T. Engineer Iliya Lambov using RoboDK software.
Credit: RobCo S.W.A.T.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Car manufacturers use industrial robots for a huge range of tasks\nfrom welding, painting and surface coating to glue dispensing, assembly and\ninspection, all of which can be simulated within RoboDK software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite concern about the future due to COVID-19, the automotive sector and automation deals haven’t stopped. In mid-April, automation giant KUKA and automotive giant BMW AG signed a framework agreement for the supply of an estimated 5,000 robots for new production lines and factories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Automotive News Europe reports<\/a> that plants that had been closed due to the pandemic are already starting to reopen. This includes the Hyundai factory in the Czech Republic, which reopened on April 14 and the Volvo production plants in Sweden and Belgium, which reopened on April 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19 is grabbing headlines, but demographic factors operating on a much-longer timescale are driving automation adoption across the entire manufacturing sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Germany, for example, it is estimated that by 2040, the labor market will be short approximately ten million people, due to demographic changes. No surprise then, that a recent survey<\/a> revealed that 84 percent of German manufacturers believe that the widespread use of robot technology in medium-sized enterprises is not a question of \u201cwhether\u201d but of \u201cwhen\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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