The term modular robotics is particularly at home in the fields of automation, industry and Factory 4.0 as well as robots. It describes a new type of robot that no longer consists of one solid piece, but can be assembled from many small, often cube-shaped modules. These modules can be flexibly connected and plugged together to form different types of robots - as required.
The special thing about modular robotics is its versatility. The same modules can be combined again and again to fulfil a wide variety of tasks. This saves costs and makes the technology particularly sustainable and adaptable. In intelligent factories, for example, a modular robot can stack boxes in the morning and, after a quick changeover, sort complicated parts in the afternoon.
Imagine a group of building blocks that can be arranged independently and converted into different tools - that is exactly what modular robotics is. This flexibility makes production more efficient and enables companies to react quickly to new requirements. Modular robotics is therefore an important building block on the way to the flexible, digital factory of the future.
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