OMRON Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto. CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) announced on February 1 the launch of a promotional website (http://www.ia.omron.com/products/family/3664/) for the AI-equipped Mobile Robot LD Series, a family of Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles (AIVs) that represents a significant step towards achieving human-machine harmony in manufacturing. Since the LD series was announced in October last year, customers from a number of industries, ranging from automotive and electronics to foods and pharmaceuticals have begun deploying Mobile Robots in their manufacturing facilities.
The Mobile Robots are transport vehicles equipped with proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology, that allows it to transport materials to a target location while calculating the optimal route and avoiding humans and obstacles. The robots are ideally suited for a wide range of indoor environments, including manufacturing and logistics facilities for automotive, electronics, foods and pharmaceuticals industries. The Mobile Robots contribute towards the resolution of social issues by liberating human workers from the simple, monotonous and exhausting labor of carrying items, giving them the freedom to engage in more creative work. In addition, the AIVs work together with fixed-material-handling equipment and for the first time offer users true flexibility in factory design.
The Mobile Robots promotional website will offer information on product specifications and key technologies*1, introduce case examples of Mobile Robots in practical use and suggest tips for how customers can install the system in their own manufacturing or storage facility.
