Irobhothi Ledijithi Yakamuva Le-Agility Lilungiselela Umsebenzi Walo Wokuqala

Namuhla ekuseni engqungqutheleni ye-ProMat e-Chicago, I-Agility Robotics yethula i-iteration yakamuva ye-Digit, irobhothi layo elinemisebenzi eminingi ephindwe kabili elidizayinelwe impumelelo yezentengiselwano eseduze yesikhathi esiseduze emsebenzini we-warehouse kanye nempahla. Le nguqulo ye-Digit yengeza inhloko (ekusebenzelaneni nerobhothi lomuntu) kanye nezikhohlisi ezihloselwe umsebenzi wokuqala ngqá ozokwenziwa yi-Digit, leyo i-Agility enethemba lokuthi izoba indawo yayo yokungena ebhizinisini elisimeme nelinenzuzo eliletha amarobhothi amabili endaweni yokusebenza. .

Ngakho-ke lokho kungemuva kancane, futhi uma ufuna okwengeziwe, kufanele ufunde ngokuphelele indatshana ethi Agility CTO kanye nomsunguli UJonathan Hurst wasibhalela ngo-2019 ekhuluma ngomsuka walesi sigameko sesibili (hhayi i-humanoid, khumbula) irobhothi. Futhi njengoba usuqedile ukufunda lokho, nakhu ukubuka kangcono inguqulo entsha, efiselekayo yeDijithi:

Ushintsho olubonakala kakhulu lapha luyikhanda le-Digit, elenza irobhothi libukeke lijwayelekile kakhulu noma lixake kancane kuye ngokuthi ingakanani impumelelo oye waba nayo ngokucabanga ngesivalo esifakwe entanyeni kunguqulo yangaphambilini njengekhanda. Idizayini yekhanda le-Digit yenziwa ngokucophelela—i-Digit (futhi) iyi-biped kune-humanoid, ngomqondo wokuthi ikhanda alihloselwe ngempela ukuvusa ikhanda elifana nomuntu, yingakho kunqunywa ukuthi libheke eceleni ngendlela amakhanda abantu ngokuvamile. akunjalo. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, inhloso yekhanda ukuhlinzeka indawo okugxilwe kuyo ukusebenzisana kwerobhothi lomuntu (HRI) ukuze abantu bakwazi ukuqonda ngokwemvelo ukuthi i-Digit yenzani. Usekhona umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe lapha; sitshelwa ukuthi lena akuyona inguqulo yokugcina, kodwa kuseqophelweni lapho i-Agility ingaqala ukusebenza namakhasimende ukuthola ukuthi iDigit idinga ukusebenzisa ikhanda layo ukwenzani.

Izandla ze-Digit zenzelwe ngokuyinhloko ukuhambisa ama-totes.Ububhalo

Izandla ezintsha zeDigit zenzelwe ukwenza into eyodwa: ama-move totes, okuyimigqomo yepulasitiki elawula ukuhamba kwezimpahla endaweni yokugcina impahla. Abafani nabantu ikakhulukazi, futhi abawubukhazikhazi, kodwa bayilokho kanye okudingwa yiDigit ukuze yenze umsebenzi okudingeka iwenze. Lona ngumsebenzi:

Yebo, yilokho kuphela: ukuhambisa ama-totes kusuka kwamanye amashalofu kuya ebhandeni lokuthutha (futhi ekugcineni, ukubuyisela ama-tote kulawo mashalofu). Akuyona imfashini noma inkimbinkimbi futhi kumuntu, ilula ngendlela yokubamba ingqondo. Kuyinqubo ezenzakalelayo, ngaphandle kwezindawo eziningi zokugcina izimpahla, abantu benza umsebenzi amarobhothi afana ne-Digit abengawenza esikhundleni salokho. Noma, ezimweni eziningi, abantu akunjalo ukwenza lo msebenzi, ngoba akekho ngempela ofuna le misebenzi futhi izinkampani zinenkinga enkulu yokugcwalisa lezi zikhundla.

Kurobhothi, umsebenzi ofana nalo awulula neze, ikakhulukazi uma uphonsa imilenze ekuxubeni. Kodwa ungabona ukuthi kungani imilenze idingeka: inika i-Digit indawo yokusebenza efanayo neyomuntu endaweni ecishe ifane neyomuntu, okuyisidingo uma umgomo kuwukuthatha izintambo kubantu ngaphandle kokudinga izinguquko ezidla isikhathi nezimba eqolo zengqalasizinda. . Lokhu kunikeza i-Digit amandla amaningi, njengoba i-Agility ikhomba ekukhululweni kwabezindaba kwanamuhla:

Idijithi iyimisebenzi eminingi, ngakho ingakwazi ukwenza imisebenzi eyahlukene futhi ivumelane nokugeleza komsebenzi okuningi okuhlukene; iqoqo lamadijithi lizokwazi ukushintsha phakathi kwezinhlelo zokusebenza kuye ngezidingo zamanje ze-warehouse kanye namashifu esizini. Ngenxa yokuthi i-Digit iphinde igxile kumuntu, okusho ukuthi ingusayizi nesimo somuntu futhi yakhelwe ukusebenza ezindaweni eziklanyelwe abantu, kulula ukuyisa emisebenzini ekhona ye-warehouse kanye nengqalasizinda eyakhiwe ngaphandle kokubuyisela imali ebizayo.

Kufanele siveze ukuthi ngenkathi iDigit iyimisebenzi eminingi ngomqondo wokuthi kungaba yenza imisebenzi eyahlukene, okwamanje, yenza lento eyodwa nje. Futhi nakuba le nto eyodwa inenani ngokuqinisekile, isicelo asikakalungeli ukuthunyelwa, njengoba kunegebe elikhulu phakathi kokwazi ukwenza umsebenzi isikhathi esiningi (okulapho i-Digit ikhona manje) kanye nokukwazi ukwenza umsebenzi ngamandla. ngokwanele ukuthi othile uzokukhokhela ngakho (okuyilapho iDigit idinga ukufika khona). I-Agility inomsebenzi wangempela okufanele wenziwe, kodwa inkampani isivele yethula uhlelo lozakwethu lwamakhasimende okuqala ezentengiso e-Digit. Futhi leyo enye into okufanele yenzeke lapha: Ngesinye isikhathi i-Agility kufanele yenze inqwaba yamarobhothi, okuyinselelo enkulu ngokwayo. Kunokuba kwakhe amarobhothi ambalwa ngesikhathi ezifundiswa ezinobungani, i-Agility izodinga ukwakha futhi ilethe futhi isekele amashumi futhi ekugcineni amakhulu noma izinkulungwane noma izigidigidi zamayunithi eDijithi. Ayikho inkinga!

Ukuguqula irobhothi kuphrojekthi yocwaningo libe inkundla engenza imali ngokwenza umsebenzi owusizo akukaze kube lula. Futhi ukwenza lokhu ngerobhothi eline-bipedal futhi lizama ukwenza imisebenzi efanayo nengakaze yenziwe abasebenzi ngaphambili. Kuya ngokusobala ukuthi umuntu kuzokwenza kwenzeke ngesikhathi esithile, kodwa kunzima ukusho ukuthi nini ngempela—uma kufana nezimoto ezizimele, kuzothatha isikhathi eside kunalokho okubonakala kufanele. Kodwa ngohlelo lwayo lozakwethu kanye nokuzibophezela kokuqala ukukhiqiza amarobhothi ngokushesha nje, i-Agility ibeka umugqa wesikhathi onolaka kuyona, ngohlelo lokuthumela amarobhothi kubalingani bayo ekuqaleni kuka-2024, okulandelwa ukutholakala okuvamile ngonyaka olandelayo.