What We're Watching: How One Startup Is Reimagining Robotics for High-Mix, Low-Volume Production
In today's What We’re Watching video, YouTuber and industrial-tech analyst Niklas Anzinger, who explores automation and the future of manufacturing, visits Sunrise Robotics in Slovenia to highlight how the company is tackling Europe's steep manufacturing labor decline. Instead of chasing mass-production automation, Sunrise Robotics is building simulation-trained robotic cells designed for high-mix, low-volume work—the kind most European manufacturers actually do.
Anzinger shows how their dual-arm cells can step into existing workstations, run machines much like a human operator, and let one worker oversee multiple processes at once. For manufacturers balancing labor shortages with rising productivity demands, it's a clear look at a practical path toward staying competitive without relying on high-volume, automotive-style automation.
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Laura Davis
Editor-in-Chief, New Equipment Digest
Laura Davis is the editor in chief of New Equipment Digest (NED), a brand part of the Manufacturing Group at EndeavorB2B. NED covers all products, equipment, solutions, and technology related to the broad scope of manufacturing, from mops and buckets to robots and automation. Laura has been a manufacturing product writer for eight years, knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the industry, along with what readers are looking for when wanting to learn about the latest products on the market.