Automation: A solution for the skilled labor shortage?

Introduction to automation Cobots or robots - Which works better?

2024-02-22 A guest post by Walter Lutz | Translated by AI 7 min Reading Time

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To actively counteract the shortage of skilled workers in welding technology, metalworking companies must increasingly engage with the topic of automation. But are cobots really the better solution compared to robots?

After having already made a good name for themselves in pure handling tasks, the use of cobots in welding technology comes with several challenges.(Image: Time) — After having already made a good name for themselves in pure handling tasks, the use of cobots in welding technology comes with several challenges.
(Image: Time)

The challenges of our time are no longer of a technical nature. Rather, there is a shortage of skilled welding personnel. This shortage of skilled workers will intensify in the future. Already today, over 40 percent of the surveyed companies from the metal industry stated that orders can not be executed or can only be partially executed due to the lack of skilled workers. As a result, companies are recording losses in revenue.

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