Defence
Unlocking the true potential of industrial robots.
Introduction to Defence
The Defence industry has experienced significant growth in recent years, driven by a combination of rising global security tensions, increased government investment, and rapid advances in technology.
Major firms and a wide network of small and medium-sized enterprises are working together to deliver defence equipment, creating highly-skilled jobs and supporting regional development initiatives.
The Challenge
The use of robotics in defence manufacturing presents a complex set of challenges, as companies must balance the drive for efficiency and precision with stringent security, safety, and reliability requirements.
Defence products are often highly specialised, low-volume, and subject to frequent design changes, which makes it harder to justify and configure automated systems that are typically best suited to stable, high-throughput production.
The need for rigorous testing, certification, and human oversight can slow deployment and increase costs.
The Solution
Using IONA and other advanced sensing technologies can hugely increase the flexibility of robotic solutions, making it possible to gain advantages of efficiency and precision.
This can be achieved even with manufacturing components at low-volume and where frequent reconfiguration of production cells is required.
Using ORA to connect sensing systems to robot cells enables production to be accurate and highly automated whilst still being safe and practical to deploy.
These advances are enabling manufacturers to meet the unique operational, regulatory, and ethical demands of the defence sector.
IONA Outcomes
20X
faster alignment process
Automated Robot to Part Alignment
10X
increase in process accuracy
Improves robot performance
100%
confidence through 24/7 monitoring
Continual process monitoring
“Exciting technology!”
IONA is a great example of some really exciting new technology that is coming to market that will revolutionise the UK Manufacturing.
Andy Silcox, Research Director, AMRC Cymru
Revolutionising Robot Performance
Unlocking the true potential of industrial robots.