Name: Industrial Cobotics: Making cobots cost-efficient for packaging machinery
Uploaded: 2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 3 min 14 s
Description: Cobots, short for cooperative robots, are becoming increasingly popular due to their flexibility and cost-efficiency. At Empack 2021, Piet Dijkstra, area sales manager at Industrial Cobotics, shares some of the advantages of working with cobots instead of robots, such as short implementation times and quick returns on investment.

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Industrial Cobotics: Making cobots cost-efficient for packaging machinery

28 Sep 2021 | Industrial Cobotics

Cobots, short for cooperative robots, are becoming increasingly popular due to their flexibility and cost-efficiency. At Empack 2021, Piet Dijkstra, area sales manager at Industrial Cobotics, shares some of the advantages of working with cobots instead of robots, such as short implementation times and quick returns on investment.

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