TECHNOLOGY
60 trends , Fujitsu hopes to make it easier to relay digital solutions to its clients . Yet , Fujitsu doesn ’ t just help firms implement fundamental technologies , it can also help digitally-savvy firms become even more technologically mature .
Take the automotive industry , for example . Many car manufacturers are not new to the world of robotics . Since the 1960s , many automotive firms have pioneered the use of industrial robots such as welding robots and cobots . This has helped improve quality , relieve bottlenecks and protect workers from difficult and dangerous jobs . Now , Fujitsu believes it can take this one step further .
“ One of the critical tasks for car manufacturers today is that they need to find the optimal path for the robots ’ rails so that they can move along the production line ,” observes Beauregard . “ One of the reasons why this is complex is that you may have hundreds of robots which you need to be able to move and work at the same time . The true question is : how do you make sure that they can operate at the same time , as fast as they can , without crashing and creating an incident ?” This is
FEBRUARY 2019