The HMND 01 wheeled, two-armed robotic picks up a tote. Supply: Humanoid
Humanoid and Siemens AG yesterday mentioned that they’ve accomplished a proof of idea, or POC, demonstrating using a cell manipulator in industrial logistics. The POC concerned Humanoid’s HMND 01 wheeled Alpha robotic. The corporate deployed the robotic in precise operations at a Siemens facility.
Humanoid, which is formally referred to as SKL Robotics Ltd., structured the POC in two phases. The primary part targeted on in-house growth and demonstration. The firm mentioned its staff constructed a “bodily twin” to help testing, optimization, and fast iteration.
Within the POC, the HMND 01 Alpha carried out a tote-to-conveyor de-stacking activity inside Siemens’ logistics course of. The cell manipulator autonomously picked totes from a storage stack, transported them to a conveyor, and positioned them on the designated pickup level for human operators.
The system repeated this sequence till the stack was absolutely empty, which demonstrated how robots can tackle repetitive logistics duties, Humanoid mentioned.
The second part included a two-week on-site deployment on the Siemens Electronics Manufacturing facility in Erlangen, Germany, the place the firm assessed the robots in a real-world manufacturing surroundings.
HMND 01 meets metrics for fulfillment at Siemens
Humanoid mentioned the POC measured each the efficiency and reliability of its robots underneath autonomous operation. They met all goal metrics, together with a throughput of 60 tote strikes per hour, operation with two completely different tote sizes, steady autonomous activity execution for greater than half-hour, and uptime exceeding 8 hours.
The companions additionally evaluated the challenge utilizing the general pick-and-place success charge and the autonomous pick-and-place success charge, which have been each above 90%.
Humanoid and Siemens mentioned this POC is a primary step towards a long-term strategic collaboration. The businesses added that they’re open to increasing the scope and including use circumstances. The companions additionally could progress towards a broader rollout, deploying a better variety of robots throughout Siemens’ services, based mostly on the robotic’s particular ability set.
“As Siemens’ ‘Buyer 0,’ the Electronics Manufacturing facility Erlangen is worked up to accomplice with the Humanoid staff,” mentioned Stephan Schlauss, world head of producing movement management at Siemens. “We’re tackling manufacturing automation, discovering new alternatives for Siemens, and are desperate to advance this promising expertise throughout our manufacturing unit community to ship buyer worth.”
Humanoid plans to deploy its robots in additional settings
“At Humanoid, we’re a commercially pushed firm. Our focus is on creating robots that ship measurable worth in real-world settings,” said Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO of Humanoid. “Working carefully with industrial and expertise companions permits us to validate our techniques towards actual operational necessities and perceive which use circumstances matter outdoors the lab.”
“This joint POC with Siemens confirmed clear potential for sensible deployment of cell manipulator robots,” he added. “We see them transfer steadily towards the actual world, and partnerships like this one assist speed up that transition.”
Humanoid this week additionally partnered with movement expertise supplier Schaeffler Applied sciences AG. Over the subsequent 5 years, the businesses agreed to convey a whole bunch of Humanoid’s robots into Schaeffler’s manufacturing services.
