Autonomous robots can perform complex and straightforward distribution, health, security,
industry, or logistics tasks. Autonomous robots can perform complex and straightforward
distribution, health, security, industry, or logistics tasks. Gone is the idea of robots “replacing
humans”; today’s automata can be real companions and even partners. They will allow one
individual to use his time for more added–value actions such as reducing the struggle of a task,
facilitating teams’ work while ensuring their safety, and even compensating the distance
barrier to enjoy a place or an event remotely. The autonomous robot tests carried out by Wyca
Robotics and Orange 5G Lab Toulouse are proof of this!
Wyca Robotics experimented with 5G!
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Use Case
Start-up's needs
5G Assets
Wyca Robotics, an innovative company with ten employees, specializes in the development
of autonomous indoor robots. These vehicles are currently used in industrial workshops,
supermarkets, and warehouses. Thanks to artificial intelligence and many sensors, these
robots can navigate reliably in small environments – even in heavy traffic. In search of a new
evolution for its robots, Wyca Robotics turned to the Orange 5G Lab Toulouse experts in May
2021. Objective: To evaluate the potential of new services enabled by 5G, such as real–time
immersive video. A use that cannot be satisfied with the current speed of Wi–Fi and must
compensate for the lack of network still present in some places – especially private ones.
An application that allows taking advantage of high definition 360° images in real–time with
very low latency, associated with an autonomous vehicle for an immediate and interactive
immersion reactivity (“teleportation”) in case of incidents, for example.
A realistic 5G experiment placed under the sign of exchange.
Thanks to the Orange 5G Lab facilities and the expertise of its team, the start–up was able to
effectively test its system of autonomous robots – newly equipped with high–resolution 360°
cameras – against 5G. But not only. It was also able to project itself! How? By thinking about
new uses capable of meeting the needs and expectations of tomorrow. If the first use
envisioned is the realization of virtual visits in a cultural context – to be watched in the below
video – other applications are possible!
– In the logistics sector, the Wyca Robotics robot could carry out inventories in total autonomy
in warehouses of several thousand square meters or large and medium–sized stores.
– On the security side, the autonomous robot could patrol data centers. In the event of an
alert, an external operator could easily take control of the robot to remove any doubt.
– Not to forget shuttle robots in the industry where such a robot could transport industrial
parts from one machine to another.
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