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Techman Robot, the world’s leading manufacturer of collaborative arm robots, announced further collaboration with Omron Corp. Due to the potential development of Techman Robot in the global automation market, Omron will invest and acquire an approximately 10% stake in Techman Robot. The investment expects to be completed by December 2021.

Techman Robot will work together with Omron, a business partner since 2018, to develop robot technology and open up new markets. This investment will strengthen our robot business—the driving force behind the growth of our industrial automation business—and help us realize innovative manufacturing sites where people and machines work together more collaboratively.

Omron entered into a strategic alliance with Techman Robot in 2018 to meet existing automation needs due to labor shortages. Under this alliance, TM collaborative robot is sold globally through the OMRON sales network under both companies’ brand names.

Through this investment, the two companies will jointly develop innovative robot solutions that combine OMRON’s factory automation machinery with TM collaborative robot. This will advance us further toward our goal of creating innovative manufacturing sites where people and machines work together.

Dr. Shi-Chi Ho, the chairman of Techman Robot said” Techman Robot has penetrated the global market and successfully become the world’s second-largest collaborative robot company since 2018. Under the alliance, Techman collaborative Robot has enhanced the reputation all over the world with Omron, which helps achieve our company’s mission of improving the lives of humans through innovation. We aim to close the gap for every business and create smart factory solutions for human-machine collaboration. We are delighted to deepen our longstanding relationship with Omron through this collaboration, which is a significant opportunity for both companies, addressing the fast-growing gap in the market for the demanding need for smart manufacturing. We believe our partnership will open new innovative doors into the future. OMRON & Techman Robot will together deliver a highly flexible and scalable collaborative robot solution, assisting customers to easily and fully integrate collaborative robotics into smart manufacturing.”

Junta Tsujinaga, Company President of Industrial Automation Business Company, commented on the strengthening of the OMRON-Techman Robot alliance as follows. “In 2018, we added TM collaborative robots to our product lineup. The strengthening our alliance with Techman Robot at this time further pushes the evolution of collaboration between people and robots in manufacturing.

Affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic situation, the industrial supply chain has been reorganized, and the return of manufacturers has emerged. In response to the demand for new and expanded production capacity, Techman Robot announces its cooperation with its distributor, Juyao Automation, to establish a flagship training center in Southern Taiwan to service end customers and automation manufacturers in that area.

Techman Robot, a pioneer of collaborative robots and intelligent vision systems, trains at least 1,000 engineers each year from the automation industry locally and abroad. The surge in automation demand in the past two years has driven robotic training courses, and Techman Robot has finished around 2,500 training courses in total. This year, they will expand the establishment of Techman Robot’s southern training center to serve the semiconductor and panel industries. This provides new training options and immediate service for manufacturers in the Central Science Park and expects to meet a monthly automation training count of 80 customers.

Techman Robot has chosen Juyao Automation to jointly establish the Automation Training Center since they have more than ten years of experience in factory automation. Juyao Automation also assists customers to plan factory integration of precision machinery systems. With their vast experience in automation courses, they will help serve Techman Robot’s customers in central Taiwan and southern regions.

Facing the arrival of Industry 4.0, the innovation of automation software and hardware for manufacturing is quickly arising. The cultivation of automation talents is also in urgent need. How talents use smart manufacturing to maximize benefits is also an important key to leading the successful transformation of the automation industry.

Smart manufacturing is a hot topic in the industrial sector. Many countries now believe that smart robots will play an increasingly central role in future technological development. However, during the production process, potential hazards still exist between mechanical equipment and humans. Techman Robot commissioned TÜV Rheinland to conduct advanced internal training for its specialist personnel to strengthen the safety of human-machine interactions, as well as support the intelligent manufacturing and automation capabilities of its overseas customers. The first class of 10 trainees recently received their qualification certificates. This certification provides proof of risk management ability and professional expertise in robotics. Individual certificates can also be checked through the Certipedia certification system maintained by TÜV Rheinland.

Risk identification and assessment must be conducted during the design process of industrial robots to avoid work safety problems. Operating hazards must be reduced through design or preventive measures. The design of the robot itself should also provide a certain level of safety. If the safety risks cannot be effectively reduced through design, then more measures must be incorporated. Industrial robots and systems fall within the scope of the EU Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC), they must adhere to the harmonized standards for industrial robotics that includes the standards for industrial robots and robotic systems (EN ISO 10218-1, EN ISO 10218-2), plus a supplementary collaborative robot technical specifications (ISO/TS 15066). The electrical equipment in robots and systems must also comply with the international standards for electrical equipment used in industrial machines (EN/IEC 60204-1) and the relevant regulations of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2014/30/EU).

TÜV Rheinland provides Techman Robot with a compacted course on improving safety practices and review skills. The training course covers the application of mechanical and electrical safety standards, risk assessment of potential hazards, configuration, and selection of protective devices, the layout of robot automated production lines, design of human-machine collaborative tasks, as well as maintenance and management requirements. Technical trainees that pass the qualification exam will receive a mechanical safety certification issued by TÜV Rheinland, which certifies that they are capable of drafting CE Technical Construction Files (TCF), identifying mechanical risks and hazards, planning safety and protective measures, and writing EN ISO 12100 risk assessments. On top of that, qualified personnel can also provide their corporate clients with production line planning and risk assessment report. These qualifications can not only help increase trust and professionalism but also reduce the possible risks caused by the customer’s automation equipment.

Techman Robot was founded in 2016 and is a global pioneer in collaborative robots and smart vision systems. It is the only collaborative robot manufacturer based in Taiwan and has been catapulted into second place among all collaborative robot brands in the world. More than a hundred distributors located in China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia now supply collaborative robots with built-in vision, software, and application solutions. Techman Robot hopes to break down human-machine barriers through innovative robotics technology. By exploiting the respective strengths and advantages of both humans and robots, a closer collaborative relationship can be built for a future of seamless collaboration between man and robot.

The market may still reserve its attention on the functions and applications of intelligent robots, but it is the “safety of people” that takes precedence over anything else. This is critical to prevent robotic harm to humans. TÜV Rheinland leverages the technical perspectives of different industries by analyzing the potential risks in a product itself. The relevant international standards are then used as a reference to incorporate active and passive safety technologies into the robot design so that robots can accomplish tasks set by humans while ensuring the safety of both.