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Robotics - with drs. ing. Hendri Kortman,Innovation Manager at Variass

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Robotics – with Drs. Hendri Kortman,
Innovation Manager at Variass

00:00 – 00:30 Introduction
00:38 – 01:09 Welcome 
01:10 – 01:46 at the table: Hendri Kortman, Innovation manager at Variass
01:48 – 02:26 Variass
02:27 – 05:03 The start of robotics
05:05 – 06:12 When do you start robotics as a company
06:13 – 07:34 What is a cobot?
07:35 – 08:34 The cobot trend
08:35 – 09:58 What does the human being and what does the robot do?
09:59 – 13:35 Will the robot take over our work?
13:36 – 15:10 Why do you name a robot?
15:11 – 17:21 Which processes can we automate?
17:22 – 18:47 What results are achieved?
18:48 – 20:00 The future of robots and cobots
20:01 – 21:20 How is the relationship between man and machine shifting?
21:21 – 22:46 What is the trend in vision/eyes?
22:47 – 24:23 what developments are there in the grippers/hands?
24:23 – 25:13 how are the feet (AGV)?
25:14 – 26:58 can robots communicate with each other/mouth?
27:00 – 28:12 what other developments are there?
28:15 – 30:16 The impact of a cobot on the workplace
30:17 – 31:44 Closing

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