ROBOTS DESIGN AND CUSTOMIZATION

Robotic specialists create quickly your own robot

OUR SKILL: MOBILE ROBOTICS

Team

EXPERTISE

With 14 years of experience in industrial and service robotics, Bernard FROMENT and his team bring you their expertise for any solution of mobile robots.

YOUR OWN ROBOT

YOUR OWN ROBOT

Whether it is to create a robot on specifications or to modify one in our YGGY range, our Engineers analyze and propose innovative solutions for all use cases.

The cost, the lead time and the technological risk are lowered.

COST

As we have already developed and tested most of the modules composing a robot, we can therefore develop a new robot quickly. The cost, the lead time and the technological risk are lowered.

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

We are responsive to requests and we bring all our robotic experience to your project.

WHAT WE PROPOSED

PHASE DESIGN THINKING

A preliminary phase of design thinking for the definition of the the end users needs, the ergonomics and the functions to be prioritized. The choice of technologies and mechanical/electronic components. At this phase we brings our robotic experience in the definition of the robot envisaged. 

PHASE POC, MVP AND PROPOTYPES

Market testing, concept validation,  attract investors, fairs, shows  and demonstrations, industrialization preparation, refine specs, in-situ tests.

PHASE PRODUCT

Industrialization EVT/DVT/PVT steps, developments FW, SW, HW, providers and BOM, DFMA industrialization documents, certifications.

PHASE TEST

Definition of processes for production tests (test benches) and QC tests

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

GENERAL ROBOTICS

  • Service robots
  • Industrial robotics
  • Mechatronics, Electronics
  • Embedded software development

SENSORS

  • LIDARS,  depth and RGB cameras, anti-cliff, ultrasonics sensors, bumpers
  • Obstacles avoidance
  • Computer Vision

ROBOTS LOCALIZATION

  • Jack Slam© software for robust localization
  • Classic LIDAR SLAM
  • Automatic mapping by autonomous exploration of an unknown environment

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

  • Autonomous navigation among obstacles and crowded venues 
  • Automatic return to charging station, alignment and docking
  •  User-case decisional state machines

ROS2

  • ROS2 design and architectue
  • Nodes development

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  • Deep learning
  • People’s movements tracking
  • Objects recognition and detection
  • Text extraction
  • Semantic segmentation

HUMAN/ROBOT INTERACTION

  • classic HMI via touchscreen
  • Voice User Interface
  • Facial recognition
  • Gesture interface
  • Tag detection

INDUSTRIALIZATION

  • EVT, DVT, PVT stages
  • Certifications
  • Support during production phase
 

Why are we different from another design company  ?

We are very specialized in mobile robotics and our experience combined with the “off-the-shelf” modules that we have already developed allow us to develop a robot in a short time. We don’t reinvent the wheel like another less specialized company might.

We know the pitfalls of mobile robotics, particularly with regard to navigation in all venues, and we know how to circumvent them.

We are autonomous in multiple sectors of mechatronics (Electronics/PCB, testing, mechanical CAD, software development, IA, …), which allows us to shorten lead times while guaranteeing quality.

Finally, and this is probably our major strength, we have a “robotics room-test” dedicated for service robots. A room reproducing all the traps and difficulties that a mobile robot can encounter.
Examples of areas in this room: Slopes, narrow doors, floor-to-ceiling glazing, mirrors, thick carpet, wet area, device bases, EMC disruptive elements, very thin legs, railing with bars, stair steps rising/falling, simulation of direct sunlight, mobile objects.

Our clients can see, in this room-test, the behaviour of the robot we have developped for him.

FAQ

The vast majority of our specific designs relate to a robot from our range YGGY© to be personalized. Either to develop a robot of different dimensions or functionalities, or to build a TOP-client application onto our vehicle. We also have requests for “from scratch” developments for very specific applications. Many requests also concern the modification of our Jack Slam© positioning software to adapt it to existing robots.
Companies whose skill is not robotics or which do not have design teams but which nevertheless wish to integrate this market with their own know-how on a particular application. Example: The rental of robot servers for restaurants or security patroller robots. Our clients range from startups to major companies. We sell our products and services worldwide.
You will have all the robot-prototypes, pre-series, hardware products and test tools as well as the complete DFMA file (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) which contains all the drawings, BOM, source code developed for you and the assembly processes to reproduce the robot developed by ip sum tek. With this DFMA file you will no longer need us and you will be independent for the production part.

It depends if licensed products are used in the design of the robot.
This is always done in agreement with the client because a licensed product allows to go faster to the result with the inconvenience of a license to be paid.
We always advise to use products with license and support in the protoyping phase and to reduce costs in the industrialization phase.
For ip sum tek products, there is only one licensed product which is the Jack Slam© positioning software. The YGGY© vehicles in our range are free of rights but the source codes belong to us.

Yes.

We can have the robot certified by an approved laboratory and your product will comply with the standards of one or more countries according to your request.
Example for Europe: The “CE” marking is mandatory for all products used in the European Union.
We take care of following the certification process and making the necessary corrections if necessary.
Comply to a standard has a cost. It can be part of the financial offer.

Our core business is the development of robots.
The mass production is not our business.
But we know several companies in the mass production sector and we can lead you to the most suitable according to your wishes.

Nevertheless, we will accompany you upto the PVT phase where we punctually make corrective actions in cooperation with the production plant.