Robotics: What It Can and Cannot Do
A grounded introduction for people whose work is about to involve a robot. Separates what the technology genuinely does well from what the trade press implies, using real deployments and real failure modes.
What participants can do afterwards
- Describe in plain terms what a robot is good at and where it struggles
- Recognise the tasks in your own operation that suit automation
- Identify the hidden costs that make a promising case uneconomic
- Ask a vendor a question their demo does not answer
Modules
3 modules, 4 facilitated hours.
1.What a robot is good at
1.5 hrsCapability and its limits, using real deployments rather than promotional video.
- Describe realistic robot capability and limits
2.Finding candidate tasks
1.5 hrsWhich parts of your own operation actually suit automation.
- Identify suitable tasks in your own operation
3.The costs nobody quotes
1 hrsIntegration, changeover, maintenance and the ongoing skills bill.
- Account for the costs a proposal omits
How it is delivered
A facilitator runs the course live, in person or live online. Attendance is taken per session, participants submit work against the modules above, and a facilitator grades it. Those records stay with the organisation and can be exported.
Further reading
Robotics training is an operations problem, not an engineering one is the public briefing that sits next to this course.