Robotics future of construction!

A pipe-cutting machine on display during the 15th edition of SteelFab at Expo Centre Sharjah.

Robotics are fast becoming a key element in the manufacturing and construction industries across the Middle East, as investors look to adopt the technology to help them improve their efficiency and reliability, experts at SteelFab 2019 noted.

"Robotics sits perfectly in the future that will come about due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution," said Ahmed Radwan, division manager at ABB.
"We are looking at a future that will rely on humans and robots working together to create better and reliable industries. Robots are also going to drive an evolution in the skills set that we have across the industry. The countries that are looking to have the highest adoption of robotics across various industries, will also be the countries that have the lowest levels of unemployment, because robotics will create more and different jobs in the future. Robotics is the journey into the future."

Marc Kluge, team leader for marketing at Kawasaki Robotics, noted that there is a growing focus on the use of robotics in the welding industry in the Middle East.

Like Nagarajan, he noted that Kawasaki Robotics has already deployed robots in scenarios where there are lots of monotonous tasks, or in places where there are hazardous working environments.

In addition, he said that organisations will increasingly look to invest in robotics in order to increase their profit margins, and to ensure the consistent creation of quality products.

Dewang Kapadia, managing director and CEO of Cloos, explained that it was important to ensure that organisations invested in robotic applications that performed a task better than their human counterparts. "Many years ago, Cloos looked into incorporating AI into robots, by building various sensors that helped the robot improve accuracy when it came to welding."