Description du projet
L’industrie manufacturière se dote de robots intelligents guidés par l’IA
Les robots intelligents peuvent effectuer un large éventail de tâches différentes, ce qui apporte des avantages concurrentiels et réduit considérablement les coûts. En effet, l’automatisation robotique devient beaucoup plus facile lorsque l’intelligence artificielle (IA) traite les éléments les plus banals. Sur cette base, le projet OS for Ind robots, financé par l’UE, se prépare à commercialiser un nouveau logiciel développé par Cambrian Intelligence, une société spécialisée dans les robots guidés par l’IA pour la fabrication. Considéré comme une avancée technologique majeure, son nouveau modèle d’IA adaptable peut faire en sorte que les robots apprennent (sans supervision) une nouvelle tâche dans un environnement simulé fonctionnant dans le nuage. Une fois la formation terminée, le modèle d’IA ainsi établi peut fonctionner localement et guider les robots.
Objectif
Cambrian Intelligence (“Cambrian”) is a novel retrofittable Artificial Intelligence (AI) software. The solution makes robots adaptive and cuts down robot configuration times from 2-3 weeks to a single day. As a result, production flexibility increases and costs are cut by a factor of +10x.
Cambrian has shown that demand for its solution exists by securing a portfolio of notable clients: Mercedes-Benz Daimler, Volkswagen, Sony and Denso.
Cambrian’s market is the emerging robotics software market. The potential addressable software market is vast (61B EUR globally) with forecasted double-digit growth (15%). The underlying driver for the market is the global industrial robots install base (+2M globally). Automation and related cost savings drive growth for the robot install base. Manufacturing is the largest single sector for robots.
Cambrian has a unique value proposition compared to the five other robot software suppliers
• Cambrian’s solution can be retrofitted to all industrial robots
• Cambrian’s AI software has a distinct cost advantage vs. traditional naïve robotics software providers
• Cambrian’s solution has a competitive advantage vs. other AI software providers due to its novel simulation robot training approach, and its unique focus on the manufacturing sector
• Lastly, Cambrian’s solution enables side-by-side work with humans opening doors for new markets (e.g. collaborative robots, SMEs)
Cambrian has the plan and the resources to build a global success story
• Team has strong technical expertise and experience in building successful businesses
• Manufacturing sector provides a winning go-to-market route leveraging existing customer references
• To enter the market, Cambrian still needs to develop its solution (TRL 6). H2020/Phase 1 funding will be used to develop the solution from TRL 6 to TRL 7 with Mercedes-Benz Daimler. Later funding will finalize development to TRL 9 and commercialization and scale-up
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
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Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
EC1V 1NY LONDON
Royaume-Uni
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.