Universal Robots Unveils Its AI Accelerator, Enabling a New Wave of AI-Powered Cobot Innovations
Universal Robots (UR) has unveiled the UR AI Accelerator, a hardware and software toolkit designed to enable AI-powered cobot applications. Key features include:
1. Integration with UR's PolyScope X software platform
2. Powered by NVIDIA Isaac™ libraries and AI models
3. Includes Orbbec Gemini 335Lg 3D camera
4. Enables features like pose estimation, object detection, and quality inspection
The toolkit aims to accelerate research, reduce time to market, and provide developers with flexibility in creating AI solutions. UR CEO Kim Povlsen emphasizes the toolkit's potential to push boundaries in AI cobot applications. The AI Accelerator is part of UR's broader strategy to make robotics more accessible through AI-powered products and capabilities.
Universal Robots (UR) ha presentato il UR AI Accelerator, un kit di strumenti hardware e software progettato per abilitare applicazioni di cobot dotate di intelligenza artificiale. Le caratteristiche principali includono:
1. Integrazione con la piattaforma software PolyScope X di UR
2. Alimentato dalle librerie e modelli AI di NVIDIA Isaac™
3. Include la camera 3D Orbbec Gemini 335Lg
4. Abilita funzionalità come la stima della posa, il rilevamento degli oggetti e l'ispezione della qualità
Il kit di strumenti mira ad accelerare la ricerca, ridurre il tempo di immissione sul mercato e fornire agli sviluppatori flessibilità nella creazione di soluzioni AI. Il CEO di UR, Kim Povlsen, sottolinea il potenziale del kit per spingere oltre i confini delle applicazioni cobot AI. L'AI Accelerator fa parte della strategia più ampia di UR per rendere la robotica più accessibile attraverso prodotti e capacità alimentati dall'AI.
Universal Robots (UR) ha presentado el UR AI Accelerator, un conjunto de herramientas de hardware y software diseñado para habilitar aplicaciones de cobots impulsadas por inteligencia artificial. Sus características clave incluyen:
1. Integración con la plataforma de software PolyScope X de UR
2. Impulsado por las bibliotecas y modelos de AI de NVIDIA Isaac™
3. Incluye la cámara 3D Orbbec Gemini 335Lg
4. Habilita funciones como la estimación de poses, detección de objetos e inspección de calidad
El conjunto de herramientas tiene como objetivo acelerar la investigación, reducir el tiempo de lanzamiento al mercado y proporcionar a los desarrolladores flexibilidad en la creación de soluciones de AI. El CEO de UR, Kim Povlsen, enfatiza el potencial del conjunto para ampliar los límites en las aplicaciones de cobots con AI. El AI Accelerator forma parte de la estrategia más amplia de UR para hacer que la robótica sea más accesible a través de productos y capacidades impulsados por AI.
유니버설 로봇(UR)은 AI 기반의 협동 로봇 응용 프로그램을 가능하게 하기 위해 설계된 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 툴킷인 UR AI Accelerator를 공개했습니다. 주요 특징은 다음과 같습니다:
1. UR의 소프트웨어 플랫폼 PolyScope X와 통합
2. NVIDIA Isaac™ 라이브러리와 AI 모델로 구동
3. Orbbec Gemini 335Lg 3D 카메라 포함
4. 자세 추정, 물체 인식, 품질 검사와 같은 기능을 가능하게 함
이 툴킷은 연구를 가속화하고 시장 출시 시간을 단축하며 개발자에게 AI 솔루션을 만드는 데 유연성을 제공합니다. UR의 CEO인 킴 포블센은 이 툴킷이 AI 협동 로봇 응용 프로그램의 한계를 확장하는 잠재력을 강조합니다. AI Accelerator는 AI 기반 제품과 기능을 통해 로봇 공학을 보다 접근 가능하게 하려는 UR의 광범위한 전략의 일환입니다.
Universal Robots (UR) a dévoilé le UR AI Accelerator, un ensemble d'outils matériel et logiciel conçu pour permettre des applications de cobots alimentées par l'intelligence artificielle. Les principales caractéristiques comprennent :
1. Intégration avec la plateforme logicielle PolyScope X d'UR
2. Alimenté par les bibliothèques et modèles d'IA de NVIDIA Isaac™
3. Comprend la caméra 3D Orbbec Gemini 335Lg
4. Permet des fonctionnalités telles que l'estimation de pose, la détection d'objets et l'inspection de qualité
L'ensemble d'outils vise à accélérer la recherche, à réduire le temps de mise sur le marché et à offrir aux développeurs une flexibilité dans la création de solutions d'IA. Le PDG d'UR, Kim Povlsen, souligne le potentiel de l'ensemble d'outils pour repousser les limites des applications de cobots à IA. L'AI Accelerator fait partie de la stratégie plus large d'UR pour rendre la robotique plus accessible grâce à des produits et des capacités alimentés par l'IA.
Universal Robots (UR) hat den UR AI Accelerator vorgestellt, ein Hardware- und Software-Toolkit, das entwickelt wurde, um KI-gesteuerte Cobot-Anwendungen zu ermöglichen. Zu den wichtigsten Funktionen gehören:
1. Integration mit URs Softwareplattform PolyScope X
2. Angetrieben von NVIDIA Isaac™ Bibliotheken und KI-Modellen
3. Beinhaltet die Orbbec Gemini 335Lg 3D-Kamera
4. Ermöglicht Funktionen wie Positionsschätzung, Objekterkennung und Qualitätsinspektion
Das Toolkit zielt darauf ab, die Forschung zu beschleunigen, die Markteinführungszeit zu verkürzen und Entwicklern Flexibilität bei der Erstellung von KI-Lösungen zu bieten. UR-CEO Kim Povlsen betont das Potenzial des Toolkits, die Grenzen in KI-Cobot-Anwendungen zu erweitern. Der AI Accelerator ist Teil von URs umfassenderer Strategie, Robotik durch KI-gestützte Produkte und Fähigkeiten zugänglicher zu machen.
- Introduction of UR AI Accelerator toolkit to enable AI-powered cobot applications
- Integration with next-generation PolyScope X software platform
- Partnership with NVIDIA for accelerated libraries and AI models
- Potential to reduce time to market for AI products in robotics
- Compatibility with UR's e-Series cobots and new-generation UR20 and UR30 models
- None.
The AI Accelerator toolkit is enabled by Universal Robots' next-generation software platform PolyScope X powered by NVIDIA Isaac™ accelerated libraries and AI models. Depicted here from today's ROSCon exhibition 2024 is a demo of the AI Accelerator with a CNC machine tending application using a UR5e cobot. (Photo: Business Wire)
Designed for commercial and research applications, the UR AI Accelerator provides developers with an extensible platform to build applications, accelerate research and reduce time to market of AI products.
The toolkit brings AI acceleration to Universal Robots' (UR) next-generation software platform PolyScope X and is powered by NVIDIA Isaac™ accelerated libraries and AI models, running on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin™ system-on-module. Specifically, NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator gives developers the ability to bring accelerated performance and state-of-the-art AI technologies to their robotics solutions. The toolkit also includes the high-quality, newly developed Orbbec Gemini 335Lg 3D camera.
With everything seamlessly integrated, the toolkit offers developers full go-to-market architecture and is ready to use straight out of the box.
Through in-built demo programs, the AI Accelerator leverages UR’s platform to enable features like pose estimation, tracking, object detection, path planning, image classification, quality inspection, state detection and more. Enabled by PolyScope X, the UR AI Accelerator also gives developers the freedom to choose exactly what toolsets, programming languages and libraries they want to use and the flexibility to create their own programs.
“With the UR AI Accelerator, we provide our partners with everything they need to develop and deploy new, innovative AI solutions,” says Kim Povlsen, CEO and President of Universal Robots. “We are already a leading platform for taking AI cobot applications to market and now we are pushing the boundaries even further. The most exciting part will be seeing the impact of these new capabilities for our partners and end customers.”
James Davidson, Chief AI Officer, Teradyne Robotics, elaborates:
"UR’s AI Accelerator is built for where AI will really make a difference - if you're building solutions on our platform, it will decrease your time to deployment while also de-risking the development of AI-based solutions. With our objective to take physical AI to an entirely new level, AI Accelerator is just the first to market of a series of AI-powered products and capabilities in UR's pipeline, all with the focused goal of making robotics more accessible than ever before."
Unveiled the same week that sees hundreds of robot software developers gathering for ROSCon 2024 in UR’s hometown of
The PolyScope X platform is globally available and can be used for all cobot automation applications across industries. Its advanced flexibility and extensibility will be showcased at the PolyScope X Festival in November, presenting a range of the solutions already developed with this new platform, including AI solutions. With a small hardware upgrade, the software is compatible with UR’s e-Series cobots and the new-generation cobots UR20 and UR30.
About Universal Robots
Universal Robots is a global leader in collaborative robotics (cobots), used across a wide range of industries. Our mission is simple: Automation for anyone. Anywhere. With over 90,000 cobots sold worldwide, our user-friendly platform is supported by intuitive PolyScope software, award-winning training, comprehensive services, and the world’s largest cobot ecosystem, delivering innovation and choice to our customers.
Universal Robots is part of Teradyne Robotics, a division of Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER), a leading supplier of automatic test equipment and advanced robotics technology.
For more information, please visit www.universal-robots.com.
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