Universal Robots to Show Cobot Uses for Labor-Hungry Industries

Collaborative robotics leader Universal Robots today announced it will feature four different application clusters at the upcoming Automate 2019 show in Chicago, aimed to address the labor-hungry industries and applications in manufacturing that face shortage of workers.
In a recent survey of manufacturers by the National Association of Manufacturers, close to 70% said attracting and retaining a quality workforce was their top concern, Universal said. In addition, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers reported that 89% of manufacturers have difficulty finding workers, especially in jobs that have many repetitive and ergonomically unfavorable tasks.