Agibot G2 Humanoid Robots Demonstrate Successful Integration and Operational Performance Within Consumer Electronics Production Lines
Robotics firm Agibot demonstrated its G2 humanoid robots working collaboratively with humans on an operational electronics production line during a live online seminar. The live display took place at a Longcheer Technology plant in Nanchang where tablets for companies such as Lenovo Samsung and Xiaomi are made. This is one of the first integrations of humanoid based automation into consumer electronics production.
The G2 units were responsible for product sorting and quality inspection within the production plant. During the first three hours of operation the G2 units scanned over 800 tablets without a mistake. The G2 units used custom end effectors to lift tablets out of the conveyor system, inspected the quality of the product with their integrated sensors, and stored the tablets in loading bins. The robotic arms have an extremely gentle grip of only 0.5 Newtons that easily allow the machines to inspect fragile consumer electronics without damaging the products.
In addition to the physical tasks the machine can communicate with the equipment of the factory allowing for live voice interactions with up to 5 humans or more. This intelligent processing system that ponders such spatial considerations and physically applies them is the NVIDIA Jetson Thor platform which offers 2070 TFLOPS of computing power.
The main (mechanical) design of the G2 locomotive comprises of a wheeled base with a single leg. This is mounted upon an upper torso, which has 26 degree of freedom and a lower mobile section which has 5 degree of freedom for efficient and human like smooth motion control. The head unit is fitted with sensors that give G2 a 360 degree field of image so as to minimize collisions with human fellow workers or other machinery about the plant.
Prior to approval for use on the active assembly line the design was put through 130 different factory testing procedures to prove industrial feasibility to the robot. The robot was subjected to tests such as; electrostatic discharge, high and low temperature variations and the efficiency of its emergency breaking systems.
