Robot Collaboration Intelligence with AI

Abstract

We present a current automation trend, robot collaboration intelligence, to control and manage individual industrial robots to collaborate intelligently with advanced AI technologies. To increase the level of flexibility in manufacturing lines and warehouse/distribution centers, flexible agent–type robots such as automated guided vehicles have been adopted in many industries. As information technologies advance, these individual agent robots become smart and the fleet size of agents becomes larger. Robot collaboration intelligence is a newly emerging technology that allows intelligent robots to work in a more effective and efficient way. We introduce this emerging technology with industry cases and provide researchers with new research directions in automation and simulation with AI.