IMPLEMENTATION OF ROBOTICS FOR LEAN MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENT

Abstract

Robotics is very prevalent today in various fields and industries. Although there are many guidelines for its successful implementation, many companies have problems with it. This paper aims to give an overview of case studies that deal with the implementation of robotics and, accordingly, to deal with its future sustainability and enable companies to decide on process automatisation easier. The literature search included a term search: Autonomous robots, Lean manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 (and its technologies). Some cases are presented and accordingly, a method for deciding on implementing and integrating robots in one company is given.

Keywords

• autonomous robots
• lean manufacturing
• industry 4.0