6. Conclusion

Demands in terms of both quality and economy mean that industrialists who have opted for robotics have to give themselves the means to achieve their ambition: to be competitive in the face of increasingly tough international competition. In this dossier, we have tried to make the reader aware of the fact that the advent of robotics has only partially lived up to expectations, because programming times were too long, and therefore too costly, which led to the introduction of PHL, which in turn led to the need to calibrate all the components of a robotized production cell. Although the algorithms used for calibration can be complex, their use within dedicated software packages has become simple, though not yet commonplace. If tomorrow's manufacturers really want to take a step forward in optimizing their production, both in terms of output and quality, they will need to have a perfect understanding...