Driving the transformation of the robotics industry

The Robot Report Podcast · 16 Aug 2024 · 1h 18m

AI in practice: 3 real uses of AI described

What this episode covers

Ujjwal Kumar, Group President of Teradyne Robotics, discusses the shift from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0, emphasizing how AI and advanced robotics like Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) address labor shortages and high variability in manufacturing. He highlights Teradyne's strategy of open-platform collaboration with partners like Nvidia and Siemens to achieve sub-one-year ROI, contrasting this with the declining labor arbitrage in China. Meanwhile, Serve Robotics President and COO Touraj Parang details the company's expansion, including a new partnership with Shake Shack, the deployment of 100 robots in LA with a goal of 2,000 by 2025, and their manufacturing agreement with Magna.

AI in practice

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Engineering & simulationNvidia

Teradyne collaborated with Nvidia to develop an autonomous inspection solution for manufacturing, leveraging AI to handle variability in industrial processes.

“they work with Nvidia, on that use case, they developed for this autonomous inspection solution? They didn't focus just on the technology piece. They picked inspection, because inspection is a very labor intensive process, and with a lot more variability in the industrial world today.”

Ujjwal Kumar · Hear it at 49:16

Engineering & simulation

Teradyne launched an AI-powered pallet jack using traditional AI, machine learning, or small/large language models to enable autonomous operation in physical environments.

“On the mere side, we launched our first AI powered palette jack, which was very, very well received. Like in Cuba, we got our biggest single order in Meads history.”

Ujjwal Kumar · Hear it at 1:02:59

Engineering & simulation

Rapid Robotics uses image capture and generative AI to quickly identify and manipulate objects in pick-and-place operations.

“And, I mean, fair, the AI angle is also something that I think is interesting that, you know, and, and, and, and, and, is using, uh, image capture and generative AI, which is a phrase when you're banning a lot, but it is actually using it to quickly identify and manipulate objects.”

Gene Dimitri · Hear it at 13:20

Mentioned

Companies
Teradyne, Serve Robotics, Shake Shack, Zipline, Wing, Sensei Robotics, Carl Zeiss, Rapid Robotics, Nvidia, Siemens, Magna, Uber Eats
Products
Universal Robots, Mobile Industrial Robots

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