Future Factory: How Technology Is Transforming Manufacturing

From advanced robotics in R&D labs to computer vision in warehouses, technology is making an impact on every step of the manufacturing process.

 
“Lights-out manufacturing” refers to factories that operate autonomously and require no human presence. Because they don’t need human supervision, they don’t require lighting, and can consist of several machines functioning in the dark.

While this may sound like science fiction, these kinds of factories have been a reality for more than 15 years.

The Japanese robotics maker FANUC has been operating a “lights-out” factory since 2001, where robots build other robots completely unsupervised for nearly a month at a time.

“Not only is it lights-out,” said FANUC VP Gary Zywiol, “we turn off the air conditioning and heat too.”

To imagine a world where robots do all the physical work, one simply needs to look at the most ambitious and technology-laden factories of today.

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