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Robotics

Robotics is a branch of engineering that involves the design, manufacturing, operation, and application of machines that can emulate human intelligence and actions. Robot automation offers benefits such as 24/7 operation, higher quality, safer workplaces, and lower long-term costs.
Robotics encompasses a wide range of applications, including Industrial Robot, Humanoid Robots and Service Robots (professional, medical, and personal service robots).

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Key challenges for Robotics:

Major Challenges for developers of Robots: 

  • Price-competitiveness reducing the barrier of commercializing Robots. 
  • Energy efficiency: this affects the operational hours of Robots. 
  • Safety and Cybersecurity compliance: Meeting stringent safety standards and regulatory requirements for human-robot interaction.

Key ST product portfolio and Solution advantage

STMicroelectronics offers a broad range of products and solutions to meet the needs of robot applications. For humanoid robots alone, they provide over 500 components, including: High-performance STM32 microcontrollers and STM32MP1/2 microprocessors for real-time control and advanced processing. Intelligent motor drivers and power modules for precise and efficient motion control. A wide range of sensors, such as 3-axis accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, and environmental sensors, for enhanced perception and navigation. Industrial-grade connectivity options like CAN, EtherCAT, and Ethernet for seamless communication. Energy-efficient power management ICs and ultra-low-power solutions to optimize energy consumption. Artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge for real-time decision-making and advanced analytics.
STMicroelectronics provides a complete ecosystem for robotics development, including a wide variety of reference designs, commercialized partner modules, and a comprehensive support network.

Humanoid robots

Humanoid robots

Humanoid robots ...A humanoid robot is a robot designed to resemble the human body in shape, structure, and behavior. The goal is to enable robots to interact naturally with human environments and perform tasks in ways similar to humans.Come fatto ultimamente.

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