The use of robotics in manufacturing has grown, however, because robot programming is not part of the design phase, manufacturing personnel must often scramble to implement fixes and workarounds on the shop floor, which leads to potential conflicts. With Robot Programmer, users can deliver high-quality, collision-free programs in the native robot language with minimal intervention on the shop floor. In the virtual world, programmers and designers can work together to create the most productive tooling operations and robot cycle times. Programming can move ahead independently without interrupting the current production schedule, and reducing edits in the floor.

Manufacturing companies today need to stay ahead of their competition by delivering machined parts faster while maintaining a competitive price. Redundant, repetitive programming, incomplete simulations, time-intensive production, and the uncertainty of whether or not the shop floor is working with the most up-to-date data only make meeting this objective more difficult.

Smart manufacturers can overcome these challenges and close the gap between programming and production with integrated tools deployed from a centralized manufacturing platform. Learn how you can minimize risk of product recalls and liabilities; gain efficiencies through a single, real-time data repository; reduce new product time to market; manage change, costs and delays with end-to-end traceability; and optimize global production at a lower cost.