By now at the latest, everyone is probably familiar with the current problems facing the industry: labor shortages, a rapidly changing product portfolio, the shortest possible delivery times & Co. But instead of just focusing on the problems, we should take a look at the possibilities that already exist to meet these challenges as quickly and efficiently as possible. Artificial Intelligence plays a major role here and is currently a hot topic of discussion. In industry, research and development with AI has been going on for several years, but many still have respect and reservations about this technology. Therefore, companies from the industry and experts in the field of AI have joined forces to create more trust and understanding towards the use of artificial intelligence. So have robominds and ZeMa (Center for Mechatronics and Automation).
"Together we were able to identify that AI is still a mystery in many people's minds. We were quickly able to recognize that collaboration and clarification in this area should be contested together," reports Martin Karkowski, group leader "Digital Factory and Automation Systems" at ZeMa.
In addition to the skeptics, however, there are already many fields of application in which artificial intelligence is used to automate time-consuming, manual processes. But what is particularly important here in order to implement AI-based automation as efficiently as possible?
Flexible systems, affordable solutions, fast implementation and easy integration: these and other advantages are cited by companies that have already gained experience with the use of AI robotics in automation. Equally important is smooth communication and collaboration between technology supplier and integrator to deliver the most value to customers. René Auringer, Sales & Project Management ESCAD Austria GmbH, emphasizes, "Our customers benefit from the fact that communication between us and robominds is smooth. This allows us to ensure that our customers not only receive the highest quality. Through the close partnership with robominds, we also ensure fast processes and short delivery times."
For small to medium-sized companies in particular, the issue of costs is often the reason why automation projects are not implemented. In the meantime, however, there are a number of providers and options for automating processes intelligently and cost-effectively. One example is the combination of the AI-based robobrain® technology from robominds and the products from the RBTX Shop. "robominds' smart AI fits well with our low-cost products, because the combination creates an affordable solution for customers," reports Alexander Mühlens, Head of Automation Technology & Robotics at igus GmbH.
As an expert in AI robotics, robominds has created an intelligent technology that makes it possible to create various solutions for industry and thus automate processes efficiently. robobrain® - the brain that gives industrial robots human intelligence - forms the core of each application. Enhanced by suitable AI skills, abilities for robots, robots can take on a wide variety of tasks - whether picking, palletizing or sorting. Any combination with other robotic components, such as grippers and vision systems, creates individual solutions for a wide range of challenges. The special feature here is that the robobrain® Starter Package contains everything you need to get started quickly and without time-consuming programming. The robobrain® can be easily operated by anyone without specific expert knowledge. This means that applications can be implemented in a short time, as Martin Karkowski from ZeMa confirms: "Thanks to the robobrain® system, we were able to implement the "pretzel bot" in just a few hours."
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"robominds offers with robobrain® a system that allows Machine Learning skills to be easily integrated into applications. Together, robominds is working on the further development of the "skills" within the scope of research activities. “Robotic gets smarter!", says Simon Dietrich, professor at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences. This is because AI is also being used more and more in universities and research institutions. This is particularly important in order to continuously develop the technology and thus create further application possibilities. Especially for pupils, students and newcomers in dealing with artificial intelligence, it is important to have a simple, user-friendly system with which the first projects can be implemented quickly. robobrain® offers the perfect basis to start with simple AI applications. And at the same time it provides the possibility to become more complex and develop AI skills yourself.
