As career options diversify, particularly in technology and engineering, we must upskill the workforce in trends, to prepare them to be exposed to the most recent technological developments. 

CESL TRAINING (Training and certification wing of MTANDT group) is India’s most reputed training institute to offers a wide range of Training and Consultancy Services such as customized safety trainings, Equipment Operator Training and Certificate of Competency Training Programs as well as a range of upskilling programs including management development Programs and future skills. Also, CESL is an industrial service-oriented consulting firm, is committed to providing clients with most appropriate audit solutions. We deliver training programs in various flexible modes such as Classroom training, On-Site training, e-learning (Learning Management System-LMS) and Virtual Reality based trainings. We have our state of art training facility at Chennai, Ahmedabad and Delhi.

Preparing workforce for the future

Our team working significantly to impart 21^st century skill development among individuals and organizations by delivering training programs on emerging technologies. Robotics stands in top of our technology training roadmap. Robotics has been and will be one of the fastest developing segments of the market in recent times and we contribute significantly to the development process. 50 years ago, different people had different visions of how robotics would develop and most of those ideas planted the seeds of development in recent times.

Numerous people envisioned different ideologies that have aided in the development of products and robots we see today. The robotics industry always had a tendency to over-estimate and under-deliver. For instance, people expected cures for cancer and flying cars etc. by the year 2022, most of which were promised. Climactically, these promises are yet to be kept. However, these don’t undermine the success made by the industry. Successes that have resulted in a plethora of students willing to participate and cross the so called ‘boundaries’ set by the previous generation. Famous markets like the USA are striding forward in education of their students by means of career training, certification, summer robotics camps, competitions for varied age categories.

Recent trends in the robotics industry include:

1.   Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) – The deployment of smart sensors at specific points helps data collection, data which was previously inaccessible to the manufacturers.

2.   Industrial Cybersecurity Priority – The risks of cybersecurity increase as robots become more connected with the data in their internal systems. Hence, companies invest heavily to address these vulnerabilities.

3.   Data Analysis – Inside a factory, robots unanimously tend to be a better source of information. The implementation of collection points and analysis software will lead to industries taking the necessary steps in improving their output. i.e., the collection and organization of this data will allow industry personnel to analyze and take necessary decisions to improve product output.  

4.   Open Automation Architecture – One of the results of robotic automation’s mass adoption is to produce standards and open documentation which will allow for easier integration of robotics and additionally increasing product compatibility.

5.   Virtual Solutions Over Physical Processes – To submit proof of concepts in recent times, a virtual representation is accepted (moreover preferred) and also acceptable for offline programming.

6.   Collaborative Robots – Such robots can work alongside humans and can also be comparatively cheaper than their industrial counterparts. As their capability increases, they will have greater adoption rates.

Students, when provided with the right tools, will be able to hone their coding skills and use their creative thinking skills to the maximum hence learn to be a problem solver and develop essential skills. Robotics can open up countless opportunities for students to discover. Moreover, these opportunities can come together to create commodities that can make better the life of not only the student, but also the consumer.

         Soft Robotics is one segment of robotics that is born from the crossroads between chemistry, plastics engineering and mechatronics engineering. Generally, soft robotics deals with making ‘pliant and flexible material’ and has a key area of interest in the medical field. It first puts to light the elementary components that can be used to develop soft actuators, be-it they use fluids, shape memory alloys, electro-active polymers or stimuli-responsive materials. Robotics has often been referred to as ‘hard’ due to the rigid nature of the produce. Components used in soft robotics include silicone elastomers, urethanes, hydrogels, braided fabrics, hydraulic fluids and gasses. The use of such materials does come incredibly handy in making human body parts, skin grafts even organs.

         Mass producing machines can be set up for the production of such elements which will bring about greater life expectancy for not only humans, but also varied animal species. A detailed documented review by Rus and Tolley depicts the extent of research fields concerned with soft robotics engineering (Rus and Tolley). Although soft robotics is a relatively recent technological site, a significant number of review articles have been published, which are justified by the scientific community and by the recent number of contributions.