Can brainless robots improve industries? [+video]
Robotics are on the rise. It’s easy to imagine how healthcare, transportation, the supply chain, and other verticals might benefit from them in countless ways.
Leveraging its brainless robot project, NAVER Cloud is demonstrating how cloud processing and 5G private networks work together to enable seamless enterprise processing.
The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) published a case study on how NAVER Cloud built a private 5G network and cloud infrastructure that enables the seamless operation of robots that act as assistants to employees. Known as Rookie, these robots are embedded with the Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System, a comprehensive 5G solution designed to deliver breakthrough wireless performance.
Systems for these brainless robots — positioned for autonomous driving, planning, and processes to perform tasks — are not built into the body, but rather occur in the NAVER Cloud Platform, AI, Robot, Cloud (ARC), which ensures all processing is performed in the cloud. The ARC system relies on real-time communication between the cloud and the brainless robot to enable seamless autonomous driving and uninterrupted service performance.
Brainless Robot Project
To accomplish this, NAVER Cloud determined that both Wi-Fi and 5G networks were not robust enough to deliver the expected performance of the robots. That’s why NAVER Cloud built its own 5G private network, which allowed for higher rates of data exchange to enable the robots’ autonomous driving and precise task performance.
And because all the complex processing is done in the cloud, the robot does not require expensive computing or sensors. They use only cameras for positioning, basic sensors, and a small amount of compute power. For these, low-latency communications between the cloud and autonomous robots are very important, and they’re enabled by Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System.
Building a Private 5G network for operation of Brainless Robots
Mar 23, 2023 | 6:47
What’s next for industrial robotics?
The success of this project points to the future of cloud-powered robotics across various industries. NAVER Cloud aims to build and deploy 5G private networks to sectors that are typically limited to wired communications due to their large size, such as airports, logistics centers, and hospitals. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with this innovative company for sustainable and efficient industrial 5G private solutions in 2023 and beyond.
