Last month, Flanders Make welcomed companies, researchers, and robotics and digitalisation enthusiasts to their Leuven facilities for COTEMACO’s last-ever project conference. ‘Future-proofing European SMEs through Digitalization & Robotization’ marked the culmination of the 4-year long Interreg North-West Europe project which has supported 65 companies from the automotive, agro-food, and flexible assembly sectors in future-proofing their business through the exploration of cobots (collaborative robots) and other digital solutions. Read More
Want to implement cobots in your workforce but don’t know where to start? The COTEMACO project has compiled some useful resources from the basics of collaborative robotics to advice for defining your adoption case – have a read! Read More
Since 2018, COTEMACO has supported more than 50 companies in future-proofing their business through automation, as part of the free COTEMACO SME Support Programme funded by the Interreg North-West Europe Programme. Read More
"With COTEMACO's help, we've redesigned our kitchen, knocked down a dividing wall and reorganised the production flow. With the new conveyor belt system and simple wrap machine, we've already improved our productivity by 30%.” Read More
Recently we chatted to Andie Zhang, the Global Product Manager of Collaborative Robotics at ABB Robotics about their new second generation cobots GoFa™ and SWIFTI™. Read More
Meet Tweety, the collaborative robot (cobot) increasing efficiency, limiting food waste and improving ergonomics at Mariën Bakkerij Producten in Belgium. Read More
On 26th August 2020, ZeMA welcomed a group of thirty visitors as part of an Interreg tour to present its two current Interreg projects COTEMACO and Robotix Academy. Read More
Food Processing SME Mariën Bakkerij Producten N.V. and manufacturer of innovative health, sport and fitness products Aminolabs, are well on their way to cobot adoption, having made it through the COTEMACO SME Support programme. The SME support programme guides manufacturing SMEs through the process of adopting collaborative robotic and shop floor digitalisation technologies, from the exploration of technological opportunities to the detailed definition of a business plan. Read More
It is anything but easy for SMEs to invest in digital innovation, while it is crucial for their future. Flanders Make research center helps them to make the transition to Industry 4.0, including through various European projects, like COTEMACO. Read More
Andrea Paoli, Head of Food Manufacturing, Robotics and Automation at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, University of Lincoln, explores how a systematic use of automation and robotic systems could facilitate a major advancement in food manufacturing efficiency during times of unsustainable economic pressures. Read More
