Market changes are rapidly progressing, such as the difficulty of securing manpower in the manufacturing industry, the shorter cycle of introducing new products and technologies, and the need to stabilize trade competitiveness by breaking dependence on fossil fuels, and further advances in automation are required to realize sustainable manufacturing sites.
Conventional automation is not the optimal solution for manpower-centered production of variable types and quantities, and a new type of "automation" is required. This presentation will introduce the approaches and effects of competitive automation, including integrated robot control as an optimal solution.