Can Machine Learning and Robotics Transform Tomorrow’s Factories?
79Today’s factories are largely single-task operations designed to produce one thing at massive scale. Assembly lines are set up to churn out the same products day after day, and industrial robots are tediously programmed for specific, repeatable tasks. Reprogramming those robots to take on different duties can take months or even years, which makes changing a factory’s setup often an impossibility. But given consumers’ increasing demand for mass customization, the ability to reconfigure a factory’s setup will soon be that much more necessary for manufacturers. Fortunately, advancements in machine learning and robotics are revealing some interesting ways that industrial robots, and thus factories, might just be able to reprogram and reconfigure themselves. Watch the video to learn about some of this exciting research into machine learning and robotics. For more great content like this, visit: https://www.autodesk.com/redshift