Advantech Unveils Comprehensive AI-Powered Solutions for Scalable Robotics Industry Applications

Advantech has recently launched a comprehensive stack solution for the robotics industry, driven by AI technology to facilitate large-scale robot deployment. With the global surge in intelligent manufacturing and automation, robotics technology is entering a golden era of mass application. Advantech’s new solution focuses on three core capabilities: perception, training, and standardization, creating a robust physical AI application framework for various robots, including AMR/AGV, humanoid robots, robotic arms, and drones. This end-to-end strategic support covers everything from foundational hardware to upper-level applications, from technology development to ecosystem collaboration, helping the industry overcome development bottlenecks and embark on a new journey towards large-scale robotic development.

According to market research, the global robotics market is projected to reach $150.84 billion by 2032, with collaborative robots and humanoid robots experiencing annual growth rates of 35.2% and 29.0% respectively. Additionally, AMR, robotic arms, and service robots are continuously driving intelligent automation upgrades across various industries. However, the robotics industry currently faces challenges such as long development cycles, complex hardware-software integration, high barriers to AI algorithms, and elevated maintenance costs. The entire development process, from perception to reasoning and planning, urgently requires standardized and scalable solutions.

Addressing these issues, Advantech has developed a solution system that covers the entire lifecycle of robotics. This system features scalable hardware architecture, a ready-to-use development environment, deeply integrated AI technology, and a collaborative ecosystem model to bridge the technological gap between robot development and deployment, enabling full-link empowerment from edge computing to intelligent applications.

AMR/AGV: Unlocking New Heights in Intelligent Mobility and Empowering Logistics Automation

For AMR/AGV, Advantech has created a comprehensive solution that extends from foundational hardware to upper-level scheduling. This solution includes a multi-core CPU and a high-performance GPU/NPU heterogeneous computing architecture, supporting sub-second wireless roaming, 1 PPS high-precision time synchronization, wide voltage input, and dual TVS protection to meet real-time control requirements in dynamic environments. Utilizing camera and multi-sensor fusion technology, it achieves one-click adaptation for MIPI/GMSL cameras and precise alignment of multimodal data. With the support of the Cogniteam fleet management platform and the Autoware open-source autonomous driving platform, Advantech has developed a complete AMR solution ranging from indoor warehouse navigation to mixed outdoor traffic, successfully applied in scenarios such as internal logistics, last-mile delivery, and AI-assisted weeding, thus automating and enhancing material transportation and agricultural processes.

Humanoid Robots: Driving Scalable Embodied Intelligence with Modularization and High Computing Power

In response to the trend of humanoid robots moving from laboratory settings to industrial applications, Advantech has developed a core solution that combines pre-integrated design, modular systems, and high-reliability hardware. They have introduced embedded boards specifically for robot development, featuring robust disturbance resistance and 24/7 stable operation, certified by MIL-STD-810G for harsh industrial environments. Based on platforms like NVIDIA Jetson Thor, the integrated core platform offers computing power of up to 2070 TFLOPS, natively supporting GMSL cameras and multi-sensor fusion, drastically reducing the humanoid robot development cycle from months to weeks. Furthermore, Advantech’s solutions have been successfully implemented in factory warehousing, explosion-proof quadrupedal robots, and outdoor working robots, addressing labor shortages in industrial settings through humanoid-like precision and adaptability to dynamic environments.

Robotic Arms: From Collaborative Work to Intelligent Autonomy, Creating an Edge AI Automation System

Advantech focuses on the trends of robotic arms evolving towards intelligent autonomy and visual perception, overcoming technical challenges such as reliable data collection in complex environments and high-performance AI module integration. Their end-to-end edge AI smart automation solution is built on Intel Core series processors, supporting flexible expansion of CPU/NPU/GPU, along with low-latency real-time communication via EtherCAT/TSN and a Preempt RT real-time Linux system, achieving millisecond-level synchronous control for multi-axis robotic arms. Integrated AI visual detection and guided sorting functionalities have successfully been applied in welding automation, AOI detection, and warehouse sorting scenarios, transforming robotic arms from mere repetitive operations into intelligent decision-making systems, significantly enhancing the flexibility and automation of industrial production.

Drones: Building a Scalable Development Base for Comprehensive Aerial Intelligence

To address challenges in the drone industry, such as battery life, positioning navigation, and fragmented software, Advantech has developed a drone development base centered on energy efficiency optimization, secure connectivity, AI readiness, and ecological standardization. This base integrates technologies like SLAM, LIDAR, and IMU, accommodating positioning in both indoor and outdoor environments without GNSS signals. It supports a multi-protocol communication stack (5G/Wi-Fi/LoRa) with adaptive fault switching, ensuring stable connections for beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations. Advantech has launched solutions for autonomous pipeline inspection and visual reasoning-based patrol drones, utilizing edge AI computing to achieve real-time defect identification and autonomous anomaly detection across applications like infrastructure inspection, public safety patrolling, and agricultural monitoring, marking a transition from manual operations to autonomous intelligence.

To further accelerate the robot development process, Advantech has also introduced a robotics development kit, establishing a modular architecture that integrates a complete software stack of Ubuntu+ROS2, compatible with mainstream AI development platforms like NVIDIA Isaac ROS and Qualcomm QIRP. This kit provides three modular components: environment, container, and solution, reducing the time-to-market for robotic products to just a quarter of the original duration. Additionally, Advantech has developed wireless and display solutions for robotics, featuring high-speed roaming with Wi-Fi 7 and IP65-rated high-brightness touch screens, ensuring stable operation and convenient control for robots. They also offer comprehensive design assistance services, covering product selection, hardware integration, and BSP software development, providing clients with customized technical consulting and solution support.

Ecological Collaboration: Accelerating Robotics Deployment through Ecosystem Cooperation

Advantech adheres to the principle of open collaboration and has established an ecosystem encompassing the entire industry chain, including open-source communities, SI/ISV system integrators, sensor manufacturers, and chip vendors. By working closely with leading chip manufacturers such as NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Intel, Advantech has developed native AI solutions. They also collaborate with sensor manufacturers like SICK, Xsens, and ZED to achieve seamless integration of multiple sensors. Together with open-source communities and vertical domain integrators, they release reference designs for robotic applications and advance proof-of-concept projects, enabling high-quality technologies and solutions to be rapidly deployed across various industry scenarios, fostering a robotics ecosystem built on “co-creation of technology, shared ecology, and mutual value.”

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