OnRobot launches D PLOY in India – reduces robotic deployment time by up to 90 percent
Published on : Friday 11-11-2022
D PLOY enables users to build, run, monitor and re-deploy robotic applications from one platform.
New Delhi, November 10, 2022 OnRobot, the worlds leading provider of hardware and software solutions for collaborative robotic applications, has launched the industrys first automated platform for deployment of collaborative applications – D PLOY – in India.
D PLOY – the biggest innovation since the collaborative robot (cobot) – will revolutionise and simplify automation for manufacturers in almost every industry. It offers dramatic savings of up to 90 percent on deployment and redeployment time, enabling manufacturers of all sizes to reap the benefits of automation. D PLOY will work with any leading collaborative or light industrial robot.
The launch is timely as demand for robotic adoption soars in India. This is particularly so as manufacturers turn to automation to cope with rising inflation, labour shortages and supply chain delays. In India, industrial automation is expected to reach USD23.09 billion by 2027, increasing at an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.26 percent from 2020 to 2027.
The launch of D PLOY marks a huge milestone for OnRobot and offers a foundational market shift that will alter the way automation is deployed across industries, says Enrico Krog Iversen, CEO of OnRobot.
D PLOY is set to benefit manufacturers, system integrators, distributors and robot manufacturers. As deployment and redeployment becomes drastically faster, easier and less complex, manufacturers of all sizes can increase productivity and solve their labour shortage challenges. System integrators can complete more projects in less time for greater returns while distributors can tap into new customers segments. Robot manufacturers can expect higher sales from greater automation adoption. DPLOY is an automation and market enabler for the entire industry, he added.
DPLOY offers tremendous potential in India and supports the Indian Governments goal of shifting towards more automation driven manufacturing, increasing its GDP share of manufacturing to 25 by 2025, said James Taylor, General Manager, APAC, OnRobot.
While robot deployments have become easier over the past few years, quite a bit of set up and programming is still required to get them up and running. This is where Indian manufacturers, particularly SMEs, require support for complexities that could incur additional costs, delaying the ROI on their automation investment. DPLOY will make those complexities a thing of the past, enabling common r//'obotic applications to be deployed significantly faster and easier, added James.
The powerful DPLOY platform allows users to deploy applications directly on the manufacturing floor in a few simple steps. DPLOY automatically discovers installed hardware while automatically generating a collision-free path of the robot based on defined obstacles. All of the program logic, signals exchange, events handling and path planning for the entire application are generated automatically based on a few user inputs - zero programming needed.
DPLOY ensures that the application is optimized to be most efficient, ensuring the fastest collision-free path and solving any possible singularity. It offers insights into performance indicators and other relevant metrics specific to each application which can be accessed in real time and consulted historically. Lastly, DPLOY delivers the flexibility and redeployment speed to respond quickly to changes in production requirements, for example when introducing new parts.
DPLOY is expected to be available in December 2022. The first release will target key applications such as palletizing, CNC machine tending, packaging and material handling which are typically used in industries such as automotive, electronics, metal and machinery, F&B and life sciences. Future releases will address additional machine tending and material handling applications as well as process and assembly applications.