James Anderton is Multimedia Director of Content for engineering.com and former editor of trade publications in the automotive, metalworking and plastics industries with contributions to a wide range of print and on-line publications. He also brings prior industry experience in quality and manufacturing for a Tier One automotive supplier.
Industrial automation was pioneered by big industrial corporations like General Motors and Volkswagen, but there is a new wave of robots available today. Collaborative, affordable, maintainable and easy to program, this new generation promises to bring big company productivity to small and medium-sized manufacturers everywhere. Universal Robots expert Joe Campbell weighs in on how this new technology can be implemented, and how smaller manufacturers can prepare for a bright future.