ABB launches RoboMasters app-based robotics coaching instrument

ABB right this moment launched RoboMasters, a brand new app-based coaching instrument that gives a versatile approach for customers to to program and function ABB robots. This system supplies entry to a variety of ABB robotic coaching programs delivered in modules. This permits customers of any degree of expertise to study at their very own tempo, mentioned the corporate.

“With over 4 million industrial robots in use worldwide, discovering individuals with the abilities to make use of robotic automation is turning into a significant aggressive differentiator for corporations throughout a number of sectors, from manufacturing to retail,” mentioned Michael Hose, managing director of robotics customer support at ABB. “Providing a versatile and cost-effective coaching instrument, our RoboMasters app opens new potentialities for companies and people to amass the abilities wanted to study and grasp all features of robotic operation.”

Greater than 25,000 individuals per yr already attend programs in ABB’s 40 world coaching facilities. The firm claimed that the RoboMasters app builds on these bodily coaching programs to offer a handy, easy-to-use instrument for customers to create and handle their very own studying paths.

RoboMasters addresses an adoption barrier

Constructing in-house expertise wanted to handle robots is usually a hurdle for a lot of companies which are contemplating investing in robots. In a world survey of 1,650 corporations carried out by ABB Robotics, 34% of respondents recognized a scarcity of expertise and issues about complexity as a barrier to utilizing robots of their companies. Of those, 29% mentioned they’d rethink their resolution if coaching was out there.

Obtainable in over 50 languages, RoboMasters presents course supplies in a wide range of codecs, together with interactive classes, simulations, and challenges to reinforce the person’s robotics experience. To maximise person engagement and interplay, the app additionally makes use of social studying strategies like gamification, competitors, rewards, reaching targets, and rating, famous ABB.

As with the corporate’s in-person coaching programs, customers will obtain a certificates on passing all modules inside a course unit. This can be utilized as proof of competence in programming and utilizing ABB’s robots.

For companies, the app can scale back or remove the associated fee and disruption of sending staff to bodily programs, particularly in places that will not be near ABB’s coaching middle community. The app may also be used as a refresher for in-person lessons, enabling previous delegates to apply and additional develop their expertise utilizing the supplied supplies and studying features, the firm mentioned.

ABB asserted that this provides worth for companies each by maximizing the unique funding in attending its coaching programs and offering customers with an ongoing approach of staying updated on the most recent developments and strategies.

ABB invests in manufacturing, ease of use

Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB is a number one world provider of robotics and and machine automation. Its portfolio contains collaborative robots, industrial automation, and autonomous cell robots (AMRs).

In January, ABB Robotics launched the “no-code” AppStudio to simplify the creation of robotic person interfaces.

ABB not too long ago revealed plans to take a position $120 million within the U.S. to develop the manufacturing capability for its low-voltage electrification merchandise. The corporate mentioned this can allow it to fulfill growing demand from clients in a variety of key progress industries, together with information facilities, buildings, and utilities.

These new adjustments are a part of ABB’s ongoing dedication to investing in its U.S. operations, together with its headquarters Auburn Hills, Mich. Previously three years, the firm mentioned it has invested greater than $500 million in its U.S. enterprise.

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