At the end of the ’60s, the first research programs started on humanoid robots. Although this technology inspired many of us, it’s only now that we see first applications arise. What’s the status of the robotics technology? How is it impacted by other technologies like AI, RF and energy storage? Let’s discuss the evolution and potential for your business based on recent projects and technologies available at our partners and alumni start-ups.
The first humanoid robot, wabot 1 (by Robrecht Van Velthoven)
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THE FIRST HUMANOID ROBOT: WABOT-1
Robrecht Van Velthoven
Business development manager
Robrecht.vanvelthoven@verhaert.com
TRACK 5
MyTechnology
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HUMANOID ROBOTS IN THE SIXTIES
ROSEY
Name: Rosey, model number XB-500
First appearance: The Jetsons
Date: 1962
Type of robot: Humanoid
Practical use: Everything
WABOT-1
Name: Wabot-1
First appearance: Waseda University Tokyo
Date: 1970
Type of robot: Humanoid
Practical use: Negligible
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SO WHERE IS OUR ROSEY?
50 YEARS HAVE PAST…
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Lead application
Rosey
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
→Agility?
→Flexibility?
→Independency?
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PUSH FOR TECH INNOVATION FEEDS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Lead application
Products
Product development
Industrial
robots
Technology
transfer
Structured
manipulation
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STRUCTURED MANIPULATION
SPEED ACCURACY
TASK
COMPLEXITY
COST
Products
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SWEET SPOT IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WAS
AND IS NOT ABOUT SCI-FY HUMANOIDS
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TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT VERSUS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
HUBO FX-1 SCEWO
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PUSH FOR TECH INNOVATION FEEDS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Lead application
Products
Industrial
robots
Jerico on
Mir
Multiple purpose
manipulation due
to connectivity
and sensing
Product development
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PUSH FOR TECH INNOVATION FEEDS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Lead application
Products
Industrial
robots
Jerico
AI and ML
Sensor development
Pre-
cognitive
systems
Product development
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PRE-COGNITION
TOADI DEMETRA
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PRE-COGNITION AND STRUCTURED MANIPULATION
XENO LIDAR CAMERA SYSTEM
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PUSH FOR TECH INNOVATION FEEDS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Lead application
Products
Industrial
robots
Jerico
Knowledge of human
movement
Pre-
cognitive
systems
Smart
prosthetics
Product development
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BIO-MIMICKING AND BIOHYBRID
AXILES BIONICS
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PUSH FOR TECH INNOVATION FEEDS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Lead application
Products
Industrial
robots
Jerico Pre-
cognitive
systems
Smart
prosthetics
Product development
Smart robotics in OR
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SMART ROBOTICS IN OR
NEUROSURGERY
SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
Current procedure
• Precision depending surgeon’s skills
• Surgeon and patients movements are
critical
• The spine has a different shape and
position relative to the position in a pre-
operative MRI = static error
• The patient moves because of heartbeat
and breathing = dynamic error
Smart robotics advantages
• Precision < 1mm
• Human imperfection filtered
• Real time mitigation on real world changes
+ haptic feedback
• Time and cost reduction
• Less invasive
• SubNewton range in terms of forces
• AI methods to plan and execute collision-
free paths
• Better hygiene
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PUSH FOR TECH INNOVATION FEEDS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Lead application
Products
Industrial
robots
Jerico Pre-
cognitive
systems
Smart
prosthetics
Product development
Smart robotics in OR
Soft robotics, co-bots,
social robots, …
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WHERE IS ROSEY?
Lead application
Products
Industrial
robots
Jerico Pre-
cognitive
systems
Smart
prosthetics
Product development
Smart robotics in OR
Soft robotics, cobots,
social robots, …
?
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CHALLENGES
Mechanical developments
Power supply
Processing power
UX
Sensing Decision making,
self planning,
imagination,
cloud learning
Bio-mimicking or biohybrid
implements understanding
biological system
Security
Tactility grippers
Cost
Ethics
LEAD APPLICATION
Cognitive interaction
& manipulation
Connectivity
Social acceptance
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ROSEY IS COMMING STEP BY STEP
In this presentation Rosey is not the essence, she is an illustration to indicate
the correlation between technology development and product development
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One group, five brands
Our services are marketed through 5 brands each addressing
specific missions in product development.
INTEGRATED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
ON-SITE PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
DIGITAL PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
OPTICAL PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
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1. https://emerj.com/ai-sector-overviews/machine-learning-in-robotics/