Incorporation Of Robots During The Industrial Revolution

Robots have taken over the... Jobs industry. Robots have been globally popularized thanks to films like Star Trek and Star Wars, films that have fascinated people all over the world to the idea of living with robots in our daily lives. Since the start of the industrial revolution there were many speculations and fears to what automated machines could do. Many feared loosing their jobs others feared making less money in competing against machines, yet the industrial revolution brought the exact opposite. In the Principles of Scientific Management wrote in 1911 by Frederick Winslow states that the increase in demand for labor was significantly increased by the incorporation of machines because it required more skillful labors to operate the new machines in factories (16). As technology continues to progress, the workforce will continue to grow in a cooperative process between machine and man. Furthermore, with an incorporation of robots in the work force, companies will

Also automation increases the saving cost for companies while decreasing failure percentage. In a case study conducted by Mid-West Machine Products, a company which specializes in cutting sheet metal, replaced their manual work for an automated machine, their case study concluded that:

A 35% increase in equipment utilization with an average labor savings of $159,750 per year were realized, providing a payback in fewer than 20 months. Due to the tight integration of the Motoman robotic system and the Mid-West Machine engineered components to the press brake, the programming time was reduced by an average of 60% over the traditional robotic press brake systems. In fewer than six months, the robotic press brake system was loaded to greater than 100% of production capacity. The system only requires one hour of operator time to load the parts for an eight-hour robotic production run.