GOAL
The figure above shows you the steps you will need to complete during this tool. The first step describes the goal of the tool. In the second step the scope is narrowed to companies that apply for the analysis step. In the analysis itself a mathematical model will be applied that will render a custom answer depending on your answers in a conjoint analysis. At the end detailed information about the different robots will be supplied.
The Goal
The hypothesis made when building this tool is the following:
You are an employee of a company that manufactures products by manual or semi-automated labor. You are interested in investigating if automation with some kind of robot would be suited for your application. Maybe you already heard about the new type of robots, collaborative robots, and want to know if these "cobots" could be a match within your production environment.
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In general, these subjects interest you:
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Supporting the operator
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Enable fast response
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Fast throughput
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Short set up times
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First time right
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You are concerned about following topics:
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Price
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Quality
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Safety
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Ergonomics​
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If this information is correct you can proceed to the next step. You don't meet the above description? No problem, you can still make use of the tool. Although keep in mind that the tool was not designed for your case, and the result could be incorrect. If you would only like to read the conclusions of the research associated with this tool, you can take a shortcut by clicking "take me to conclusions", otherwise please continue to the next step.