Kyocera
Robotic Services

Our simple, cloud-based subscription services delivers intelligent collaborative robots using AI and 3D vision.

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Common problems in introducing collaborative robots

High-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing

HMLV manufacturing involves producing many different products in small quantities, which adds time, cost and labor to robot teaching requirements.

Irregular processes or parts

A robot taught to perform a single repetitive action cannot adapt to irregular processes or parts.

Absence of on-site robotics experts

Worksites with no on-site robotics expert generally have difficulty adjusting or adapting a robot to new work.

Concern about return on investment (ROI)

Uncertainty over ROI can derail the decision to invest in robotics technologies.

Kyocera Robotic Services can help solving these problems.

Collaborative robots that are functionally enhanced through AI and machine vision can see, think, and skillfully perform various tasks.

System Overview

With Kyocera’s system, using a robot becomes as simple as ordering a task (“job”) on a tablet. Using our proprietary AI and 3D vision technologies, robots can handle irregular processes, such as “bin picking” parts, and using our cloud system you can give job orders to multiple robots simultaneously from a remote location.

Our cloud-based services are provided by subscription, so you can easily create and update jobs, or upgrade AI models, at no additional cost.*

*Cloud-based storage capacity varies by plan.

Feature

Problem-solving features:
Kyocera Robotic Services

Making collaborative robots intelligent

Cobots gain autonomy through AI and 3D vision, responding with a variety of movements.

No teaching required

Kyocera creates and manages all jobs and AI models, eliminating the need for customer teaching.

Easy operation

Order jobs on your tablet and manage multiple robots simultaneously

Secure flat-fee system

No initial cost for AI system, which is provided via subscription from the cloud.

Teaching
Continuous learning
Fleet management
Job management
Bin picking

Solve

Responds quickly to high-mix, low-volume production
No need for dedicated robotics staff
Compatible with irregular processes / part shapes
Reduces implementation costs

Teaching
services
Continuous learning
services
Fleet management
services
Job management
services
Bin picking
services

Teaching
services

Kyocera's engineers assess your site and help teach your cobots.

Supports HMLV production
Compatible with irregular processes and part shapes
No need for dedicated robotics staff
Low initial investment

Kyocera teaches your cobots.

Kyocera combines simulated robotic motions and AI models to create a job. The job is then installed on your cobot from the cloud.

A digital twin reproduces correct movements in virtual space

Kyocera’s robot simulator uses on-site assessment data to reproduce correct motions. You can preview the implementation via video simulation and quickly confirm how it will work.

Create an AI model by simply providing us your parts

Just send your parts to Kyocera, and our dedicated AI engineers will create the necessary AI model.

Continuous learning
services

AAI controller performance data is collected in the cloud. Continuous learning ensures stable operations, optimizing work in response to changes in your environment.

Respond to irregular processes or parts
No need for dedicated robotics staff

AI maintenance

If performance is impacted by on-site variables, like changes in lighting, the AI can re-learn to maintain high quality.

AI Optimization

On-site data enables continuous learning, improving parts-recognition rates, increasing productivity, and making cobot operations more efficient.

Fleet
management
services

Customers can manage and maintain cobot status remotely with a tablet or app.

No need for dedicated robotics staff

“Anytime, anywhere” cloud services

“Anytime, anywhere” cloud service to manage the cobot’s status and operation, so you can check it any time using a dedicated app on your tablet or smartphone. Whether you’re on the road or working remotely, you can monitor the robot’s operation.

.※App is for iPhone/ iPad

The latest robotic software

Cloud services are automatically updated to the latest versions, so your cobot will never miss an update. Enhancements, performance improvements, and new security measures are also added continually, so you can work with full confidence.

Job
management
services

Give all your cobots job orders from a single tablet

Responds quickly to high-mix, low-volume production
No need for dedicated robotics staff

※ You can also order work by linking with external devices such as a programmable logic controller (PLC).

Customers simply select the job and cobot they want to run from the dedicated app. The cobot takes instructions from the tablet and starts working. Job content is managed in the cloud, so it can be shared between locations or directed to multiple cobots at once.

Bin
picking
services

Bin picking, which once required complex coordination, is now done through teaching and continuous learning.

Respond to irregular processes or parts

Bin picking is greatly simplified: just send parts to Kyocera.

To teach bin picking, like any other task, just send your parts to Kyocera. Our AI can reliably identify workpieces by orientation (fronts, backs, etc.), even under varying light conditions, making it useful for parts alignment and machine tending.

Continuous learning for stable bin picking

Maintaining and optimizing AI with continuous learning ensures stable bin-picking results even with irregular processes.

No need to purchase additional high-performance cameras

Bin-picking processes once required high-performance cameras. Now, using Kyocera’s standard 3D camera technology, you don't have to invest in additional cameras.

Application examples(General use)

Here are some examples of how our services are being used.

examplesTending to memory write

Cobots can tend parts in automated electronic board manufacturing. Kyocera’s AI can operate without maintenance in high-mix, low-volume production, even when part labeling is irregular.

examplesParts-processing machine tending

Cobots can handle parts-in-process for automated electronics manufacturing. Kyocera’s AI can recognize parts placed inconsistently by a human operator. Since cobots require no partition from human production workers, you can use them in spaces that would be unsuitable to conventional industrial robots.

examplesScrew-fastening; resin-coating equipment tending

Collaborative robots can tend parts in automated electronic board manufacturing. Kyocera’s AI can operate without maintenance in high-mix, low-volume production, even when parts labeling is irregular.

examplesBin picking

A collaborative robot loads parts in bulk into a visual inspection machine via conveyor belt. Kyocera’s AI can align part orientation to the direction of travel as determined by the inspection machine, even with glossy-finished or plated parts.

Topics

2023.11.20: Exhibit at International Robot Exhibition 2023（11.29～12.2）

Please contact us if you have any questions.
Because this product and technology are currently in development, we may not be able to respond to all requests.

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