• Select one process you want to automate.
• Easy targets are the three D’s: Dull, Dangerous and Dirty.
• Think of tasks or processes that:
  • Have repetitive movements
  • Involve heavy lifting
  • Include long-distance walking or carrying
  • Require awkward motions
  • Are frustratingly boring and unengaging
  • Are intrinsically dirty and gross

The two metrics that have always mattered still do: Performance and ROI. In addition, there are two more important metrics: Health and Safety.  Mitigating the number of touches performed by humans will be one of the driving forces of health and safety in this post-pandemic world. 

Together, these four metrics are going to justify the addition of a robot to your production process:

• • Performance
  • ROI
  • Health 
  • Safety

Hint: one of the easiest ways to justify ROI is to implement a robot that utilizes End of Arm Tooling (EOAT). Why? 

Because as soon as you prove that a robot can perform one task, all you have to do is bolt on a new EOAT for a second task, and now the robot performs dual functions. 

With EOAT companies like OnRobot and Schunk that have standardized the flange size and have quick couples for touchless changeover, it is super easy to find the right end effector for your second task. 

OnRobot Quick Changer - fast tool changing within 5 seconds.  OnRobot has an incredibly wide selection of gripping solutions that are easy plug-n-play for a wide variety of applications.

Schunk tool change system with integrated air and electric feed-through for quick removal - no additional tools.

Schunk Co-act Gripper - simple plug-n-play on several collaborative robots.  It does not matter what robot you have (although we do recommend Yaskawa Motoman because of their excellent performance).

3) Expand.