Merkamand robot founder and CEO Shao Tianlan told reporters: "Previous industrial robots, in fact, are closer to traditional industrial equipment, people can program it, and then the robot can tirelessly repeat some fixed actions, but such fixed repetitive actions, sensing and planning ability is poor, so it can not cope with more complex and changeable scenes." Through new technologies such as 3D vision and artificial intelligence, robots can have better sensing and planning capabilities, so that robots can identify and position objects like people, and can have some of their own thinking, it can judge what actions and operations should be carried out, and can deal with more complex scenes." Mercamander is such a company that builds an intelligent robot infrastructure platform with AI+3D vision as the core. The company uses many technologies such as optics, electronics, 3D imaging, image processing, deep learning, motion planning, geometric analysis, etc., to focus on the development and application of AI+3D vision industrial robots.
The application of 3D vision and AI in industry involves a very long chain, including from sensing and perception to the planning of the entire robot, from the sensing level, Mercamander's camera can achieve very high-precision imaging effects in all kinds of different environments for different objects. For example, the accuracy from a few tenths of a millimeter to the entire micron level, and the anti-reflective effect on transparent objects can reach a very excellent degree. In addition, Mercamander's vision algorithm can be quickly targeted at various types of different scenes, achieving very high recognition accuracy and running speed. At the same time, the entire planning algorithm can adapt to different robots for all kinds of scenes, such as random grasping or disorderly stacking scenes.
Ding Youshuang, co-founder and CTO of Merkamand Robotics, for example: "For example, in a typical automotive manufacturing environment, the robot is combined with our high-precision 3D camera to do high-precision measurement applications, first of all, the robot arm with a 3D camera to photograph the position of the corresponding object features, after shooting, through the visual algorithm processing, so as to obtain the precise characteristics and dimensions of our measured object, and then further tell some upper systems, Like the quality of our workpieces."
AI and 3D sensors, like the eyes and brains of robots, are the key to robot intelligence, and solving such technical difficulties can promote the development of robot intelligence, so that robots can become ubiquitous intelligent assistants from clumsy machines. The continuous optimization of AI and 3D vision technology has enabled Merkamander's robots to reach a higher level of accuracy, speed, and deployment efficiency. At present, the company's robots have been widely used in automotive, logistics, steel, construction machinery, 3C, new energy, home appliances and other industries, typical application scenarios cover disordered workpiece loading and unloading, visual guidance and palletition, goods grabbing, express package supply, positioning, assembly, screw screwing, industrial testing, measurement, etc.
"The product form of Mercamander robot is an industrial-grade 3D camera, as well as vision software and robot software, for customers, it gets from us is the eyes and brain of the robot, we have formed a complete product line of industrial 3D cameras, can see up to 3.5 meters, and can maintain millimeter-level accuracy of long-range laser cameras," Some are as accurate as 0.2 microns, or 1/200 of a human hair, which can be used in line laser profilers for high precision measurements." Shao Tianlan introduced. AI and 3D vision technology have greatly expanded the application scenarios of existing industrial robotic arms. Many tasks that traditional industrial robotic arms could not complete before, or tasks that were less efficient, can be improved through the use of AI and 3D vision to improve the flexibility of the robot and enable the robot to complete more tasks.
Shao Tianlan said, "We have received various policy support in Haidian District, including talent and capital. We also hope to make our core technology leading in the world in Haidian District, and eventually promote such products to all walks of life."
In the 21st century, artificial intelligence technology has developed rapidly, intelligent robots have become a hot trend in the industry, artificial intelligence, vision, intelligent sensors and other technologies are all integrated into the robot, and the application scenario of intelligent robots is also constantly expanding. In the future, it is hoped that intelligent robots can create greater value for humans in more fields.
Source: Beijing Haidian
