Factory automation and ro”bots ”

1. By Scott Amack Factory automation and ro”bots”

2. Agenda • Agricultural • Medical • Automotive • E-Commerce • Industrial

3. Agriculture • Asparagus Picking • Labor Intensive and break breaking work • Work conditions are terrible and employee turnover is very high • Farms in U.S. and Europe generally hire migrant workers

4. Agriculture • Seneca Foods and Automation • Raw Product Processing • Grading of Asparagus

5. Agriculture • China and Peru have competitive advantage because of cheap labor costs • Goal is to Automate asparagus picking to reduce costs • http://www.autospar.net/dash/id=4.html

6. Medical • Davinci Surgery • Physician controlled laparoscopic surgery assistant • Minimally invasive surgery offers less pain and faster recovery time • Uses a fiber optic camera to provide high definition view to surgeon • Less blood loss to patient which means little to no blood transfusions

7. Medical • Can assist in many different types of surgeries including: • Cardiac • Colorectal • General Surgery • Gynecology • Head and Neck • Thoracic • Urology • http://www.davincisurgery.com/da-vinci-surgery/

8. Automotive • Tesla Motors • Incorporated July 2003 by Martin Eberhand and Marc Tarpenning • Elon Musk Financed the Company and assumed leadership in 2008 • Long term Goal of Tesla Motors: to create affordable mass market electric vehicles to reduce oil consumption

9. Automotive • Refills: Charge at home • Charging corridor (Vancouver BC to San Diego) or (D.C. to Boston) • Battery Swap Stations

10. Automotive • Freemont California Factory • Opened October 2010 • Has160 Robot Assemblers with 3000 human assistants • Can produce a new car from raw materials in 3 to 5 days • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_lfxPI5ObM

11. E-Commerce • Amazon Automation • Really tight margins on product • Operating margin is what proportion of revenue is left over after paying overhead costs • Amazons Operating Margin or net profit margin is 1.7%

12. E-Commerce • Uses Kiva Robots to automate factory • Robots bring product to pickers • Previously workers walked 12 to 15 miles a day picking product • Increase the order handling capacity • Can fulfill an online order from “click” to ship in 15 minutes. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KRjuuEVEZs&feature=youtu.be&t=10s

13. Industrial • Baxter the Robot • $22,000 - $32,000 industrial robot • No safety cages required • Can sense human workers and stop motion • Requires no “programming” to teach a new task • Factory work can train baxter in tasks

14. Industrial • Can intelligently react to mistakes or environmental issues like dropped parts • Seamlessly integrates with other industrial control systems • Designed for lower volume but greater mix of tasks • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOC_1zEq-yc&feature=youtu.be

15. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_motors • http://www.teslamotors.com/about • http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-factory-birthplace-model-s • http://www.kivasystems.com/ • http://www.amazon.com/ • http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/operatingmargin.asp • http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-19/amazon-acquires-kiva-systems-in-second-biggest-takeover.html • http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/03/meet-little-orange-robots-making-amazons-warehouses-more-humane/50094/ • http://www.ssi-schaefer.de/blog/en/order-picking/chaotic-storage-amazon/ • http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/michigan_farmers_may_face_migr.html • http://www.davincisurgery.com/da-vinci-surgery/ • http://www.technologyreview.com/news/509296/small-factories-give-baxter-the-robot-a-cautious-once-over/ • http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429248/this-robot-could-transform-manufacturing/ • http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/products/baxter/robot-comparison/