Wind River, a software provider for intelligent systems, announced that Yaskawa Electric, an industrial robot manufacturer, is using Wind River Linux in its next-generation robot “Motoman Next” series.
Yaskawa Electric is one of the world's leading manufacturers of servo motors, AC drives, and industrial robots.
Motoman Next autonomously adapts to its environment and is able to make decisions using advanced AI capabilities. Yaskawa's new robots are powered by Nvidia Jetson Orin and Wind River Linux, delivering new levels of intelligence and autonomy.
Its ability to handle difficult tasks in unstructured environments drives automation into new application areas that were previously difficult to automate because they required human-level perception and judgment.
Amit Ronen, Chief Customer Officer, Wind River, said: “AI is opening up exciting new avenues, and we are pleased to support the next generation of AI-enabled robots from industry leaders like Yaskawa in combination with Wind River Linux and Nvidia Jetson.” think.
“Together with Yaskawa and Nvidia, we can help our teams rapidly innovate with machine learning and AI to deliver more intelligent systems.”
Motoman Next can perform tasks by determining changes in the surrounding environment and the state of the system, taking into account the effects of other robots and peripherals.
Tasks that previously required human cognitive skills and judgment, such as navigating the best path to avoid obstacles or sorting items of different colors and shapes into boxes, You can perform tasks that have a lot of uncertainty.
Wind River Linux is used in the Motoman Next autonomous control unit running on Nvidia Jetson Orin.
NVIDIA Jetson, a platform for edge AI, embedded, and robotics applications, provides scalable software, a modern AI stack, production-ready ROS packages, and application-specific AI workflows.
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The combination of Wind River Linux and the Nvidia Jetson platform enables advanced AI edge applications.
