Welcome back to another blog in the series Robotics in Healthcare. Previously, we have looked at several new-age applications of robots in delivering healthcare and managing hospitals. Without a doubt, such applications are transforming how patients are treated and providing many benefits to patients, doctors, hospital management, etc. However, with advantages come a few risks and disadvantages too. What are those? Through this piece, we shall take a look at the benefits we can reap and the risks we must manage as far as the use of robots in healthcare is concerned. Read on! Reaping the benefits: Reduced errors The number of patients dying due to surgical errors has drastically…
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Robotics in Healthcare: Applications (Part 1)
The series starting with this blog was chosen by you – our readers and followers. Thus, we are extra excited about sharing interesting information through the upcoming blogs. We shall be talking about the confluence of 2 industries that are heavily trending at the moment. Robotics and healthcare! Hope you find the series engaging. The stress on greater precision in surgeries, better management of patients and hospitals, and reducing human errors in treatment keeps pushing the healthcare industry to adopt newer technologies. One such technology is robotics. The use of robotics in healthcare can be traced back to the 1980s when used for precise positioning of the cannula for brain…
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5 Reasons Why Your Warehouse Needs Machine Learning
Welcome back as we conclude the Machine Learning (ML) series with this last interesting piece. We began the series by understanding what ML means. Then we looked at the different technical approaches that can be taken under ML. In the last blog, we focused on the impact of ML on manufacturing. We have tried to bring ML in more simplistic terms to our friends from manufacturing. And thus, we shall conclude the series with a piece on how you can use ML to enhance warehouses – a crucial component of the manufacturing cycle. Advancements in technology are not new to warehouses, and ML is just the latest type on the…
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Artificial Intelligence – An Overview
Welcome to a new blog series on one of the most exciting and talk-about technologies globally – Artificial Intelligence (AI). We took a deep dive into what Industry 4.0 entails in our previous series, and now, we shall take a closer look at all the underlying technologies one by one, starting with AI. Read on to know what AI stands for, its various applications in the industry, and the three major types of AI. What does Artificial Intelligence stand for? It is, essentially, a vast branch of computer science that concerns building smart machines that can perform tasks that typically need human intelligence. The primary purpose of AI is…
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How Industry 4.0 is integral to Yantra’s products
Welcome to the last blog of our series on Industry 4.0. Over the previous four blogs, we have understood what Industry 4.0 really means, how it shall shape tomorrow’s factory, and the challenges companies face in becoming Industry 4.0 compliant. Industry 4.0 is a collection of next-gen technologies that helps solve challenges that almost every manufacturing organization faces today – regardless of their offerings or industry. The need to have seamless connectivity across the organization for easier flow of information, access to real-time data, and analysis to get insights. It promises to boost productivity, improve processes, and drive business growth by, essentially, changing the way we approach manufacturing. With the…
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Adopting Industry 4.0 – The Challenges
Through the blog series on Industry 4.0, we have taken a close look at what Industry 4.0 is, how it promises to transform manufacturing, and how it shall impact warehousing. Before we conclude this fascinating series, we shall look at the major challenges manufacturers face in their pursuit of Industry 4.0. We have made sure that we provide a few tips to work around the challenges. Hope you find…
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IoT and the Transformation of Material Handling
As we continue the series of focused blogs on next-gen technologies, we shall now look at how the Internet of Things promises to transform material handling forever. Any improvement in material handling, which plays a pivotal part in any industry’s supply chain, translates into meaningful business value. Manufacturers and warehouse owners continuously try to speed up processes, increase worker efficiency, avoid product damage, and ensure overall safety. With the embrace of IoT, industry players can hope to improve on all these aspects. Let us see how! Increased visibility For years, sensors and tags – RFID and barcode – have been used to track materials and products through the warehouse. Real-time…
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How is COVID-19 impacting manufacturing?
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world in an unprecedented way. It has brought a sudden halt in our lives, like someone has hit a pause button and we are not sure when our lives will be resumed again. Due to the ongoing lockdowns, many industries across the world have also been affected in a very unexpected ways and India is no exception to it. Indian economy has also received a blow during this pandemic. The manufacturing industry which contributes to around 20% of the GDP has been primarily affected. Let us see how. Reduced Demands: Many businesses are witnessing reduction in demand since the lockdowns started, for example the…
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Mobile Robots for Warehousing
Warehousing is the age-old process of storing goods safely after they are brought from manufacturer and before shipping them off to the distributor or customer. Though the definition remains the same, the process has undergone a considerable change over the years. With the increasing diversification of logistics and enterprise models, warehousing has also been modernized to a great extent. During this unprecedented COVID-19 situation, world economy has definitely seen a rise in e-commerce sales and trade, leading to increase in the demand for optimum warehousing solutions specially for e-commerce giants like #Amazon and #Flipkart. The latest trend in this is Warehousing Robots. At Rucha Yatra LLP we focus on building commercial…
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AGVs in Textile
Material Handling in manufacturing sector refers to the movement of any kind of material/load within the limits of shop floor or at the most to the transportation vehicles or warehouses. Auto Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are the newest trend in material handling. AGVs are portable robots, which follow a prefixed path for navigation. They can tow the material stored on trailers and trolleys attached behind them or can store the material on the overhead beds for conveyance. They are used to transport loads in a manufacturing facility or a warehouse, where repetitive movement of material is required with little or no human interaction. Now a days, they are deployed in nearly every…
