AI AND ROBOTICS

Across industries, robots and artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled innovative solutions to the challenges faced by businesses of all sizes. Intel provides the technologies, tools, and partner relationships required to realize the full potential of robots and AI.

The idea of robots powered by artificial intelligence has fascinated and ignited our imaginations for decades. Today, robotics ideas that were once science fiction are becoming reality for many businesses.?

Companies are using AI-powered robots to bring humans and technology closer together, solve problems, and transform their business models to meet changing demands.

AI-powered robots are augmented with a variety of sensors (including vision devices such as 2D/3D cameras, vibration sensors, proximity sensors, accelerometers, and other environmental sensors,) that feed them with sensing data they can analyze and act upon in real-time.

To better understand what AI-enabled robots are, it’s important to understand what makes them intelligent.

Artificial intelligence refers to a broad class of systems that enable machines to mimic advanced human capabilities.

As AMRs move through their environments, AI enables them to:

• Capture information through 3D cameras and LiDAR sensors
• Analyze the gathered information
• Make inferences based on their environment and overall mission
• Move or act to deliver the best outcome

Depending on the industry, the tasks and actions completed by AI-empowered AMRs vary widely. For example, when moving inventory from one point to another in a warehouse, AMRs can avoid collisions by navigating around human workers or fallen boxes while simultaneously determining the optimal path for task completion.

While integrating artificial intelligence with an existing operation or business model appears overwhelming at first, the benefits realized typically far outweigh the challenges experienced.?

AI robots can see and understand their environments, which enables them to complete complex tasks such as quality-control inspections on assembly lines. In industrial applications, AI robots can check the quality of goods inline, instead of delaying the task to the end of the process—saving time and money for the manufacturer.

AI robots play a major role in improving workplace safety. Companies in the oil and gas sector often use them to perform data collection or safety inspection tasks in dangerous environments to reduce risk to humans. And because AI-enabled robots can learn from human gestures and speech, they’re able to continuously improve their ability to complete their tasks while safely working alongside employees.