Description
TalkRoBots is a middleware solution that addresses this interoperability challenge. It enables robots based on both open and proprietary systems (such as ROS and ABB) to communicate and share information seamlessly. The technology also allows robots and environmental sensors to communicate with one another. TalkRoBots includes a cloud server that enables operators to dynamically plan manufacturing scenarios, monitor their status, access sensor data, and reconfigure the scenario.
Benefits:
• Advanced communication capabilities; interoperability between heterogeneous robots using different systems (for example, an AGV can communicate equally with another AGV or with an industrial manipulator robot).
• Easy planning and implementation of dynamic scenarios; seamless and easy integration of external IoT sensors or robots.
• Distributed communication without a centralized server; no changes to the programming language used by the robotics programmer; secure message exchange.
• Cost-effective and easy integration into existing systems; built-in AI to assist the operator in making decisions in the event of a breakdown.
Partnership: Joint development; Licensing agreement
IP: Patent (<5 years)
TRL: 6