New work colleague: Smart robot "Digit
Agility Robotics' "RoboFab" factory in Salem, Germany, is nearing completion. From next year, it will deliver more than 10,000 humanoid robots a year, specially designed to work with humans. Among them: a smart robot called "Digit".
Smart robots in the service of logistics: The company Agility Robotics from Salem (Germany) develops and builds such systems. "Digit," as the 175-centimeter machine is called, weighs around 65 kilograms. It has claw-like gripping hands that can handle loads of up to 16 kilograms.
Exceptional flexibility
The distinctive leg design, reminiscent of a bird, gives Digit exceptional flexibility and allows him to squat in front of shelves to retrieve items. This makes it ideal for seamlessly collaborating with people in a variety of work environments, developers say. When the on-board battery runs out of energy, the robot marches itself to a charging station. This takes eight hours per 24 hours, so it can be active for 16 hours a day. Digit is equipped with a generative "Large Language Model" based on artificial intelligence. It is based on neural networks and can understand, process and generate natural language.
Autonomous loading and unloading
The robot models are trained with huge amounts of text and sometimes have several hundred billion parameters. Digit can even reprogram itself based on a verbal command. To orient itself, it is equipped with cameras and LiDAR. This high-precision laser-based system is used to measure distances. Digit's initial tasks include transporting crates and totes within its own factory and the production sites of launch customers. In the medium term, it is expected to load and unload trucks autonomously. Further fields of action include order picking, i.e. collating ordered goods so that they can be packed and loaded.
Source: www.pressetext.com / Agility Robotics
