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Agility Robotics To Sell First Digit Robots To Ford

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Agility Robotics 将向福特出售第一台数字机器人,以加速探索商用车客户应用

Agility Robotics 公司推出的 Digit 是一款有手有脚的机器人,可与人类一起在人类空间内工作,并将进行商业销售;福特汽车公司是首批客户,将接收首批下线的两台机器人。此次合作是 Agility 公司与福特汽车公司(Ford)之间现有合作关系的延续。 https://www.agilityrobotics.com/ford-partnership ),探讨如何帮助商用车客户(包括自动驾驶汽车企业)提高仓储和交付效率,并为客户提供更实惠的服务。

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有待进一步探索的关键应用是室内或第一英里物流以及最后 50 英尺配送。这项研究还将重点关注福特的商用车辆和 Digit 如何通过先进的连接技术相互 "对话 "以及它们周围的环境。例如,福特的联网车辆可以不断更新基于云的地图,并与 Digit 共享,这样它就不必重新创建相同类型的信息。

团队预计,由于 Digit 将成为包裹递送服务的一部分,该通信渠道还将提供递送的特定信息,例如客户希望包裹放在哪里,或其他个性化包裹递送需求。如果遇到意外情况,Digit 还可以通过这一通信渠道寻求帮助。

"福特研究与先进工程副总裁兼首席技术官肯-华盛顿(Ken Washington)表示:"随着在线零售业的不断发展,我们相信机器人将帮助我们的商业客户建立更强大的业务,使我们所有人的送货效率更高,价格更合理。"今年,我们在与 Agility 的合作中学到了很多,现在我们可以加快对商用 Digit 机器人的探索工作了。

Since the first Digit prototype was shown in May, Agility Robotics has tested it extensively, refined the design, and added features to be ready for production and sale to customers. Upgrades and improvements include more advanced feet that allow Digit to balance on one foot or carefully navigate obstacles, new sensors to perceive and map the world for robot navigation, and customer-ready, powerful onboard computer hardware. “We’re excited about the technical capabilities and advanced legged mobility of Digit”, said Dr. Jonathan Hurst, CTO of Agility. “Videos can show a solid proof of concept – but this robot is ready to go out in the world in the hands of customers and start to really explore pragmatic use cases.”

Agility sold its breakthrough robot Cassie as a bipedal research platform from August 2017 through July 2019 and has spent the latter half of 2019 transitioning production over to Digit. “Digit represents a major milestone for Agility,” said Dr. Damion Shelton, CEO of Agility. “For the first time, a full humanoid robot – with both mobility and manipulation capabilities – will be available for customer applications in a wide variety of industries, both indoor and outdoor. We look forward to showing off our work on both logistics and non-logistics tasks in the coming months.”

Digit 可以直立行走,不会浪费能量,因此在大多数人每天都要面对的环境中穿行毫无问题。Digit 的独特设计还能让它紧紧折叠起来,方便存放在车辆后部,直到需要时再行动。车辆到达目的地后,Digit 可以从车上抓取包裹,完成运送过程的最后一步。如果遇到意外障碍,它可以将图像发送回车辆,以利用额外的计算能力。车辆甚至可以将这些信息发送到云端,请求其他系统帮助 Digit 导航,从而提供多层次的辅助,帮助机器人保持轻便灵活。Digit 的轻便还有助于确保其拥有较长的运行时间,这对于在整个工作日持续运行的送货业务来说至关重要。

两辆试生产的 Digit 原型车将于 1 月 7 日至 10 日在拉斯维加斯举行的 2020 年消费电子展福特展台(#5002)上展出。

About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions. Ford employs approximately 191,000 people worldwide. For more information regarding Ford, its products and Ford Motor Credit Company, please visit corporate.ford.com.

关于 Agility Robotics 公司
Agility Robotics 公司成立于 2015 年,主要生产功能强大的有腿机器人,广泛应用于最后一公里物流、远程呈现、自动检测、娱乐和学术研究等领域。Agility 提供的有腿机器人可以去到人类可以去到的任何地方,为开发人员提供了一种全新的移动方式,实现了前所未有的自动化应用。

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