FANUC Launches Dedicated Driver to Accelerate Physical AI Adoption

FANUC is strongly supporting open platforms to accelerate automation by applying AI advancements to robots. As part of this initiative, FANUC has announced that it has released a dedicated driver for controlling FANUC robots on the open-source robotic development platform “ROS 2,” as open-source software on GitHub, the world’s largest development platform for storing, sharing, and managing source code. Its robots also support “Python”, a programming language widely used in AI development, as standard, making them ideal for implementing Physical AI on open platforms.

One of the advantages of an open platform is the ability to flexibly utilise computing resources from cloud (data centres) and edge servers connected via next-generation high-speed communication.

Many companies, startups, universities and research institutions are exploring Physical AI using ROS and Python. Supporting an open platform by making the ROS 2 driver source code for FANUC robots public, allowing Python execution, and enabling high-speed external command input, facilitates the introduction of Physical AI combined with highly reliable FANUC robots, ranging from small robots with a payload of 3 kg to large robots up to 2.3 tons, and the latest AI technologies to manufacturing sites.

Many companies, startups, universities and research institutions are exploring Physical AI using ROS and Python. Supporting an open platform by making the ROS 2 driver source code for FANUC robots public, allowing Python execution, and enabling high-speed external command input, facilitates the introduction of Physical AI combined with highly reliable FANUC robots, ranging from small robots with a payload of 3 kg to large robots up to 2.3 tons, and the latest AI technologies to manufacturing sites.

At the International Robot Exhibition to be held this December, FANUC will display real-world examples of Physical AI applications implemented on an open platform for the very first time. Visitors will be able to see, touch, and talk to FANUC robot systems which actually move, directly experiencing how the latest AI technologies can be utilised on the factory floor.

Key Features of the FANUC ROS 2 Driver

• Compatible with the ros2_control framework, making high-precision, real-time motion control possible
• Supports ultra-high-speed control at 1ms, among the highest standards in the industry.
• In addition to FANUC’s CRX series collaborative robots, FANUC robots, ranging from small robots with a payload of 3 kg to large robots up to 2.3 tons, can be connected through the ROS 2 driver.

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