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                        Video Session

                  Scan the QR code or visit the following link to watch the video:
                  What's the difference between a COBOT and a ROBOT

                  https://youtu.be/aRx20DTTQ2M?si=80FEPdXdrtDdFg_v







            Real-time examples of Cobots

            Here, are some real-time examples of Cobots:
               • Singrow:  Singapore-based Singrow is  an agricultural cobot which develops innovative agri-technology
              solutions designed to guarantee premium quality fruits and vegetables and revolutionise urban farms. The
              company has worked with Universal Robots and Augmentus to develop an AI-powered cobot for use in its
              harvesting and pollination systems. The robot has been programmed to identify the flowers and the fruits
              of strawberries; facilitating more efficient pollination when it identifies a flower and selecting the fruit once
              it has ripened. Singrow’s indoor farms are 40% more energy efficient and produce a 20% higher yield than a
              conventional strawberry farm. Technology solutions like this are especially welcome in Singapore, where large
              open spaces are in short supply.

               • Welding Cobots: Until very recently, welding was dismissed as a task too complex for a cobot to handle.
              But in 2023, a large portion of cobot turnkey systems are expected to accommodate welding applications.
              Universal Robots reported that its welding channel grew by more than 80% in the first nine months of 2022.
              Sheet metal manufacturer Raymath, deployed four Universal Robots cobot welders in 2022. These machines
              manage hard-to-staff processes and weld at double the speed of a human employee, resulting in 4X productivity
              improvement.
               • Whiz: Whiz is a cleaning cobot (collaborative robot) designed for automated cleaning tasks. In a post-COVID
              world, autonomous vacuum cleaners like Whiz increasingly are commonplace. It is introduced by Japanese-based
              SoftBank Robotics in 2019, this fully autonomous cobot is already in operation in hotels, schools, senior living
              facilities, and universities. The AI-powered cobot cleans up to 15,000 square feet per charge, and users gain near-
              time visibility into when and where cleaning was performed. Whiz is also fitted with sensors so it can recognise
              when people are close by or approaching and emit a friendly alert. The cobot won the equipment category for the
              ISSA 2019 Innovation Award, and more than  20,000 units have been deployed globally.
               • Comau: Comau is a company known for manufacturing smart factory cobots. The industrial-automation company,
              Comau wants operators and robots to work in close contact and with complete safety in its Smart Factory. It has
              developed two cobots; Racer-5-0.80 and AURA. The former is an arm-like cobot that will automatically switch
              from industrial robot speed to collaborative speed when a human operator enters its working area, while the
              latter supports humans as they perform manual operations and can lift up to 170 kgs.
               • Nova:  Nova  is  a  brand  specialising  in  retail  cobots. Last November, China-based robotic arms company,
              Dobot announced it was developing a series of cobots for the retail industry. Cobots in the Nova Series will
              include the Nova 2 and the Nova 5. The Nova 2 can complete tasks such as making coffee, cocktails, noodles,
              and fried chicken, and it can even scoop ice cream. The Nova 5, meanwhile, is designed to perform physical
              therapy tasks.


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