Microsoft is an industrial robot

It seems that the new industrial revolution is really on the threshold, even if Microsoft has started to create a robot for modern production. Model Intelligent Industrial Work Assistant (Kuka LBR iiwa) is being developed in partnership with Kuka, a manufacturer of industrial robots and automation systems.

Compact stationary robot Kuka LBR is able to perform various tasks on the assembly line. It is characterized by high precision movements and sensitive system of sensors for "interaction" with a person in response to its movement (and in order not to damage the fragile human body). This sensitivity allows precise operations are difficult to handle conventional mechanical movement. Suppose tightly into a flexible plastic tube into the hole (see. Video).



For its part, Microsoft provides for the robot access to cloud services Microsoft Azure Internet of Things (IoT), Kinect sensor for computer vision with gesture recognition and communication system according to the standard OPC-UA. The manager at the plant will remotely monitor through Azure, like a robot to cope with the task.

OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) - a specification that defines data transmission in industrial networks and interaction devices. There implementation on .NET.

Microsoft showed this robot at the Hannover Industrial Fair (Hannover Messe), which is taking place these days. In general, the exhibition was presented several robots in this style. For example, production company Universal Robots .



Model UR3 from Universal Robots i>

So that the output of Microsoft in this market is quite logical: it is almost ripe and becoming mainstream.

Who knows, maybe in the future, such robots will appear in every home and be able to make furniture and other household items made of metal and wood pieces.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/248998/