@inbook{c8e052bf382141eab4dc90481be5a64a,
title = "Collaborative Robotics Making a Difference in the Global Pandemic",
abstract = "In March 2020 the world as we know it was shaken to the core by the Covid-19 global pandemic. This crisis has had a significant impact on the EU27 economy and triggered unprecedented policy responses across Europe and the globe. Collaborative Robotics, or Cobots, have made a significant difference to many manufacturing plants by facilitating social distancing between workers, introducing flexibility on the factory floor and allowing the plants to manufacture high quality items for use in the medical field. California-based DCL Logistics, a third-party logistics company, decided to employ Cobots to manage a 30% increase in orders in the immediate aftermath of the outbreak and the Cobots have led to a 300% increase in productivity and a 60% jump in labor cost savings [1]. This paper will look at these flexible robots and discuss the benefits they brought to manufacturing in a time of global crisis.",
keywords = "Collaborative Robotics, Covid-19, Global pandemic, Human centred systems, Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0",
author = "Mary Doyle-Kent and Peter Kopacek",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgment. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the CONNEXIONS grant from Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; International Symposium for Production Research, ISPR2021 ; Conference date: 07-10-2021 Through 09-10-2021",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-90421-0_13",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030904203",
series = "Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "161--169",
editor = "Durakbasa, {Numan M.} and Gen{\c c}yılmaz, {M. G{\"u}ne{\c s}}",
booktitle = "Digitizing Production Systems - Selected Papers from ISPR 2021",
address = "United States",
}