The Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, and robotics have each provided many conveniences and technological upgrades for enterprises, but when these two technologies are combined for industrial manufacturing and healthcare, more "1+1>2" sublimation can be obtained.
The combination of the Internet of Things (IoT), the Industrial Internet and robots has opened up new progress in collaborative work between robots, and even between industrial robots and humans. Robots learn from each other and develop their behaviors through shared experiences and IoT data. For example, the Universal Robots Academy on Universal Robots on Universal Robots shares experiences in robotics knowledge and robot motion programming.
IoT and robotics play similar roles for different purposes. IoT collects data through sensors and transmits the information to processing devices with specialized tasks, such as regulating and controlling room temperature or monitoring object movement, for security applications.
Robotics use sensors to help control their movements and movement paths, such as detecting walls or the objects they are responsible for manipulating. IoT is mainly concerned with pervasive sensing, while robotic systems can be used in automated production or execution that requires operations in hazardous situations, such as heavy and heavy item handling, stacking, or factories with hazardous chemicals, or facilities with high temperatures that cannot be tolerated by the human body. Robots or robotic arms are replaced to reduce human harm.
With advances in artificial intelligence, we can combine IoT sensors and robotics in new ways, sometimes referred to as the "Internet of Robotics IoRT." IoT robots use large amounts of sensor data from many different sources in artificial intelligence algorithms to extend robotic sensing capabilities well beyond their current embedded sensors.
Using low-cost, powerful edge computing means robots can analyze and process large amounts of data to make informed real-time decisions based on trained AI models. The robot executes decisions directly on the onboard processor embedded in the robotic system.
The picture comes from the official website of Universal Robots UR+ application component IoT cloud platform IXON Cloud
Robots equipped with IoT AI models can better detect and predict machine failures. IoT devices that constantly monitor the presence of their human counterparts communicate their location information to robots to ensure safe operation. The combination of IoT and robotics provides redundancy to ensure safety, even in the event of human error.
IXON's IXplatform is the most advanced industrial IoT cloud portal in the world today and is widely used by many machine manufacturers around the world. Using Ethernet, Wi-Fi or 4G/LTE, a secure connection between Universal Robots and the IXplatform is easily established via the plug-and-play IXrouter. No matter where you are, you can remotely access via VPN or control the teach pendant interface with your smartphone. Receive email or push notifications about important events and create easy-to-use dashboards to easily understand the health of your bots.
IoT robots ensure workplace safety as well as human safety
We have been able to use robotics for machine automation in manufacturing production for many years. In the workplace, IoT robots can add additional safety precautions, allowing humans to work in tandem with industrial robots. Universal Robots' sBot Speed – URCap is a safety system that cleverly combines the nanoScan3 Pro safety laser scanner with the URe robot safety function. It can be configured quickly and easily through the UR Teach Pendant, allowing humans to freely approach the robot. When it detects that someone is too close to the robot's work area, the robot reduces its speed and stops if necessary. As soon as you leave the area, the robot resumes its activity at full speed, giving you the highest possible productivity. Automatic restarts and reduced speeds reduce robot downtime during operation.
The picture comes from the official website of Universal Robots Human-Machine Collaboration Guarantee Safety Mechanism
IoT robots effectively prevent human infection and virus spread, ensuring production safety and automation
As technology advances, the use of IoT robots continues to expand and will open up new opportunities in healthcare, especially in response to the coronavirus.
Businesses need contactless technology to keep people safe and provide early contamination detection of product and human infection. IoT robots use a variety of sensors embedded in the workspace and health monitoring sensors to better analyze and improve disinfection protocols, while robots perform contactless disinfection of areas and objects.
According to the related reports on the COVID-19 pandemic on the Internet, the lovely angel group of medical staff who are on the front line is a vulnerable group because they need to closely monitor the patient's condition, pay attention and follow up in real time, so they are easily infected . In the future, IoT robots could enter patient rooms in place of healthcare workers, perform body temperature measurements, scan body information, and collect analytical information from new IoT sensing technologies, such as observing imaging of a patient’s breathing or listening to audio recordings of cough severity. When the robot completes its task, it can sterilize itself, and can also provide AI-driven observation reports to medical staff to increase the human knowledge reserve and allow them to have more and more comprehensive references when making decisions.
Scenarios and experiences encountered by robots build the collective knowledge of the healthcare industry to develop improved disease diagnoses or treatments. IoT robots can isolate specific sources of contamination from frequently touched objects or food contamination.
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