Agile Robots CEO Zhaopeng Chen says “bodily AI goes to be 10x greater than automotive” because the Munich-based robotics firm expands its manufacturing, AI improvement and humanoid robotic operations.
Chen made the prediction on the firm’s Bodily AI Media Day in Munich and Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, the place Agile Robots opened its engineering laboratories, Robots Academy and manufacturing operations to journalists.
He described the corporate’s technique as constructing “a mixture of physique, mind and utility”, with Agile Robots growing an built-in expertise stack spanning robotics information, AI fashions, software program and {hardware}.
The corporate says it now employs greater than 3,500 folks, together with greater than 2,000 R&D specialists, operates greater than 20,000 sq m of laboratory area and has deployed greater than 20,000 automation programs worldwide.
A central a part of that technique is Agile ONE, the corporate’s 174 cm humanoid robotic, which has entered preliminary manufacturing at its manufacturing facility in Fürstenfeldbruck close to Munich. The 69 kg robotic has a 20 kg payload and is being developed for manufacturing, logistics and meeting purposes.
Inside Agile Robots’ Munich operations
Agile Robots supplied a glimpse inside its Munich headquarters, engineering labs and Robots Academy, in addition to its manufacturing operations in close by Fürstenfeldbruck (pictures above).
The amenities deliver collectively robotic improvement, AI analysis, testing and manufacturing, with engineers working throughout humanoids, robotic arms and different automation programs.
Agile Robots says it employs greater than 3,500 folks, together with greater than 2,000 R&D specialists, and has greater than 20,000 sq m of laboratory area worldwide.
Creating infrastructure
Agile Robots can be growing the info and AI infrastructure wanted to make its robots extra autonomous. Its Robots Academy in Munich collects coaching information via teleoperation and human job demonstrations, supplementing information generated by deployed robots, simulation and different visible sources.
The corporate says its bodily AI programs are already being utilized to variable manufacturing duties, server meeting, intralogistics, materials dealing with and dexterous manipulation. Its wider product portfolio consists of robotic arms, cell robots, clever palms and grippers, and full automation cells.
Agile Robots was based in Munich in 2018 as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Heart, or DLR. The corporate now operates greater than 25 websites globally and says it holds greater than 650 patents.
