Robot operating system
Intuitive programming without IT know-how
One of the biggest obstacles to the acquisition of industrial robots in medium-sized manufacturing companies is the lack of skilled workers for commissioning and programming robots.
The company Drag and Bot has therefore developed an operating system for industrial robots at the Fraunhofer IPA that allows robot programs to be assembled from various components using drag-and-drop. The start-up has now received funding in the low seven-figure range for the further development of the software. The financing round was led by Speedinvest Industry, a venture capitalist from Vienna, as well as other partners.
The intuitive software can be used to instruct industrial robots without IT expertise. The function sequences are initially put together using the drag-and-drop principle. Various operating and input aids then support the parameterization of the individual function blocks. The most common activities of robots with drag and drop are handling parts, palletizing workpieces and loading or unloading machines. More complex applications are also possible with the available add-on modules. Interfaces to common smartcams and established software products are available for robot applications that require intelligent image processing.
One of the strengths of Drag and Bot is that customers and partners can also extend the software and adapt it to their requirements. The programmed function sequences can be shared with other employees and production sites via the cloud if desired. The software works independently of the respective robot hardware and currently supports ABB, Kuka, Fanuc, Denso and Universal Robots, among others.
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