KC Robotics Blog » Production Systems http://www.kcrobotics.com/blog Robot Blog About Everything Robotics Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:58:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Benefits to Enabled Web Portals in a Multiple-Robot System http://www.kcrobotics.com/blog/benefits-to-enabled-web-portals-in-a-multiple-robot-system/ http://www.kcrobotics.com/blog/benefits-to-enabled-web-portals-in-a-multiple-robot-system/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:09:12 +0000 Lindsay Byrd http://www.kcrobotics.com/blog/?p=132

There are many benefits to using enabled web portals when you have a system with multiple robots.  When a change is being made to a product, or there’s a requirement for a new fixture, manual adjustments were the typical way to fix the production line.  In other words, operators would have to halt the production, and manually adjust the program on each individual robot.  This process could take hours, and in some cases, days. 

Web portals are designed to manage and control the robot programs, and by using them, operators can re-adjust all of the robots, at once, within just a minute.  The portals also give workers the advanced capability of going back to review the updates, allowing them to ensure the accuracy of each adjustment.

Check out the full article to find all of the benefits this process offers!

http://www.robotics.org/content-detail.cfm/Industrial-Robotics-Feature-Article/Portal-to-Success:–Update-Multiple-Robot-Programs-in-a-Minute-or-Less/content_id/1994

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It hardly comes as a surprise when projects fail, especially with respect to deadlines, expectations and communication.  Often times, when one aspect goes awry, a ‘snowball’ effect takes place, causing others to do the same.  According to Control Engineering and the Standish Group’s annual Chaos Report, there are 10 underlying reasons why projects fail and in turn, they give 7 ways to avoid those failures.

10 Reasons for Failure: 7 Ways to Succeed:
1.  Incomplete requirements; 1.  Define project goals;
2.  Lack of client involvement; 2.  Develop project scope and schedule;
3.  Lack of resources; 3.  Establish multi-discipline project team;
4.  Unrealistic expectations; 4.  Define the mechanical process;
5.  Lack of executive support;

6.  Changing requirements and   specifications;

7.  Lack of planning;

 5.  Develop functional process controls description;

6.  Develop network configuration drawings; and
8.  Didn’t need it any longer;

9.  Lack of management; and

 7.  Develop equipment and programming specifications.
10.  Technology illiteracy.

The ways to succeed seem straight-forward and somewhat simple.  However, keep in mind that at the heart of the requirement for each of these is the goal to be realistic.  And although the ways set forth to achieve success appear simple, it’s imperative that you take each one seriously.  Check out the full article, as they go into further detail on specific issues that tend to arise during the project process:

http://www.controleng.com/article/367270-How_to_Avoid_Project_Failure.php

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