Over the past decade, the global sales volume of industrial robots has tripled, according to Statista. Not only are robots becoming more popular, but their functionality has also increased, allowing more complex tasks to be automated. Here Richard Mount, Director of Sales at Swindon Silicon Systems, explains how custom Integrated Circuits (ICs) can enable smarter, sensor-driven robots.
Robots have long been used in factories, but for many years they were confined in safety cages performing one task perfectly, over and over again. With the advent of collaborative robots, or cobots, this traditional view of industrial robots is no longer true. By the end of 2025, cobots are expected to represent 34% of…
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