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

It’s obvious that production times are slower, but it will, however, improve.  With this slow economy, now is a perfect opportunity to introduce a new robotic system into your operation.  Taking advantage of the down period gives your employees ample time to train, learn, and prepare.

Introducing automation allows your business to catch up with competitors and sustain your survivability in the market.  After all, who doesn’t want to thrive once the economy makes it’s comeback?