National Cobot Day 2023

'May I introduce: the cobot'. It won't come to the point where a cobot becomes so human that we start treating it as such, but the fact remains that a cobot is a "collaborative robot" that can make human and business life a lot more pleasant. At the National Cobot Day on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Tiel, you can see, feel, ask, inform and experience cobots with your own eyes.

In a nutshell: a cobot is a "collaborative robot. In other words, a robot that collaborates, in this case with humans. A relatively unusual development at a time when safety and industrial robots are sometimes at odds. Yet it is possible. 

Difference between a robot and a cobot

Jan Willem Addink of Olmia Robotics: "An industrial robot is 'big' and impressive. To prevent accidents, they are often placed safely behind a large fence or light screen. With a cobot, this is different. In addition to being easy to program, this variant is equipped with many sensors that immediately detect when contact occurs - or threatens to occur - with people or other objects. It responds by stopping or adjusting its speed."

So?

These characteristics make a cobot ideally suited to work with humans. An ultimate application is to have a cobot do the work that is boring, monotonous, mind-numbing, dangerous, strenuous or just "difficult" for humans. With this, a cobot takes tedious work out of people's hands and employees can focus on the more fun or interesting work. Designing, preparing work, and so on. For companies (both multinationals and SMEs), cobots can in this way support flexible response to customer requests. Not least because programming - or actually setting up more - cobots is almost child's play in today's age.

National Cobot Day

Exactly how a cobot works, what it can do - but also what it cannot do - is on display at the National Cobot Day, organized for the sixth year. Various companies will show their innovations in the field of cobot, ranging from the necessary sensors, grippers, tooling and controls to the cobot itself. Ask questions and share your doubts about deployment possibilities, payback periods, risks and acceptance with specialists and people from the field and do it: get to know the cobot.

Practical

Event: National Cobot Day

Day: Wednesday, November 15 

Time: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Location: Stephensonstraat 7, 4004 JA Tiel