In context
In early 2024, the robotics industry was rapidly integrating AI-driven visual perception into mobile machines to enhance autonomy in dynamic environments. This partnership reflected a growing trend toward specialized, cost-effective computing platforms optimized for real-time perception in industrial and service robots.
What was reported
RGo Robotics, a provider of artificial perception for mobile machines, and Theobroma Systems, a Cherry Group company, launched an integrated solution powered by RGo's Perception Engine on Theobroma's new Jaguar Single-Board Computer (SBC-RK3588-AMR). The Jaguar board is designed for advanced robotics applications, offering optimized connectivity, real-time processing, memory, and energy efficiency.
The solution targets a range of robots, including autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and professional service robots in transportation, hospitality, and agriculture. It tracks robot pose, location, and heading with centimeter-scale accuracy, functioning reliably in dynamic, unstructured, or repetitive environments, indoors and outdoors, and on fast-moving machines like forklifts and tugger carts.
Jaguar incorporates Rockchip's RK3588 SoC with an octa-core CPU, Mali G610 GPU, and an NPU delivering up to 6 TOPS, supporting up to four MIPI CSI cameras. The integrated solution is said to be easily integrated, allowing manufacturers to upgrade to state-of-the-art visual perception quickly.
“The platform is powerful enough to run our advanced perception technology and can leave room for the robot control software.” — Amir Bousani, CEO and co-founder, RGo Robotics
Why it mattered
This collaboration highlighted the importance of tightly integrated hardware-software platforms to lower barriers for adopting visual perception in robotics. By offering a balanced performance-cost solution, it enabled robot manufacturers to rapidly develop innovative products and expand into new business areas, potentially accelerating the deployment of intelligent mobile robots in industrial automation.
Source: Robotics & Automation News (roboticsandautomationnews.com) · Published 2024-03-28 · “RGo Robotics and Theobroma Systems unveil new vision and computing solution for robotics”