Business 4.0 is right here – Industrial automation with cobots

GET REMOTE ACCESS TO YOUR UNIVERSAL ROBOT

That was the query Airgate, a Danish developer of personalized IoT options, usually encountered when speaking to distributors and end-users of UR robots.

Airgate had developed a GSM modem answer, ARCS fundamental, that gives easy distant monitoring of the UR robots by sending textual content messages to the robotic operator when the robotic exceeded outlined limits corresponding to operating out of fabric or stopping work unexpectedly.

However one factor is getting an alert, one other is definitely having the ability to entry the UR robotic’s personal PolyScope interface remotely to handle; troubleshoot, function, diagnose and keep away from vital downtime.

“We found a necessity available in the market to take our merchandise to the subsequent stage and supply an answer that assists the robotic operators on the ground from a central assist operate,” says Airgate’s CEO, Søren Lund, explaining that the distant assist would usually be from an in-house supervisor, a distributor, and even UR’s personal tech assist.

The extra answer, ARCS rm – additionally licensed by UR and obtainable via the Common Robots+ showroom – is software program that gives an encrypted VNC connection between the robotic and any internet-connected gadget that the robotic proprietor has granted entry to. As soon as the connection is established, the PolyScope GUI on the robotic’s contact display screen will stream to the related gadget display screen.

“As a substitute of the robotic supporter having to journey on-site, maybe spending an entire day on this, it’s now attainable to diagnose and remotely function instantly, minimizing expensive downtime each for the end-user and the assist supplier. Our product might simply pay itself again in a single day,” says the Airgate CEO.