Adaptive Robotics
In Action

Explore real-world industrial deployments leveraging advanced force-control and embodied intelligence across Frontier Innovation, Mobility, Electronics, and FMCG.

Industry Sector

Frontier Innovation

In frontier innovation industries, customers typically require a stable robotic platform capable of integrating with AI software systems and translating model-level decision-making into reliable physical execution. Such applications emphasize dexterous manipulation, precise control and robustness under real-world variability. A leading embodied AI company sought to deploy its models in real-world scenarios, which required high-fidelity data collection, precise force control and reliable execution across complex tasks. We provided our adaptive robotic systems based on Rizon and Enlight and integrated IDE to support these needs.

Application Advantages

Dexterous manipulation

Our robotic systems support tasks such as sorting fasteners, opening boxes and handling laundry, including operations involving articulated and deformable objects. High-resolution force sensing and data acquisition support collection of high-quality interaction data for training, while force control enables stable execution in contact-rich task sequences.

High-precision execution

Combining high-resolution force sensing, sub-millimeter precision and force control, the platform supports smooth hand-eye coordination and reliable physical execution of complex manipulation tasks.

Scalable deployment

Built on safety-certified robotic arms, mobile bases, grippers and an integrated software suite, the platform supports rapid integration between customer models and robotic systems, helping shorten deployment timelines and support execution in regulated industrial environments.

Application Samples

Frontier Innovation

Stanford BDML | Gecko-inspired Adhesive Testing

Facilitates cutting-edge academic research by reliably measuring precise contact dynamics and surface interactions for new biomimetic adhesives.

Frontier Innovation

Huzhou College | Robotic Therapy Development

Pioneers advanced rehabilitation and physical therapy applications through securely constrained, compliant robot-patient physical interactions.

Frontier Innovation

Generalist AI | Training of General Embodied Large Model GEN-1

Leverages real-time sensing to collect robust, high-fidelity physical interaction data necessary to train next-generation foundational robotics models.

Frontier Innovation

Rhoda AI | DVA Model Training

Seamlessly syncs with advanced third-party software architectures, serving as the reliable physical articulation arm for dynamic AI experimentation.

Frontier Innovation

Ultra Intelligent Robot Packaging

Accelerates shipping and logistics chains through vision-guided spatial awareness, adaptable gripping profiles, and swift dimensional validation.

Frontier Innovation

Generalist AI | Embodied Intelligence Model Training

Provides the multi-axis sensor data and precise execution limits required to bridge simulated model insights safely to reality.

Industry Sector

Mobility

In the mobility sector, our adaptive robotic systems have been deployed in automotive production lines where precision, stability and tolerance to variation are critical, including wheel alignment adjustment in vehicle final assembly. As wheel alignment directly affects driving stability and tire wear, automotive manufacturers have sought to automate this process to improve consistency and efficiency. However, conventional automation solutions have faced practical challenges arising from vehicle positioning deviation, weight differences, suspension variation and positional deviation of adjustment rods and nuts. To address these challenges, we deployed a wheel alignment solution based on Rizon 10.

Application Advantages

Adaptive calibration and precise positioning

By combining high-resolution force sensing with force-controlled calibration, our robotic systems detect positional deviation of each incoming vehicle and perform one-time compensation in the robot coordinate system before adjustment. This helps establish an accurate basis for subsequent rod and nut identification and adjustment operations.

Precise force feedback and stable adjustment

Our robotic systems use force-controlled search and hybrid force-position control to accommodate variation in vehicle position, chassis geometry and component location. While maintaining rigidity in the direction of adjustment, our systems preserve compliance in other directions to reduce the risk of tool slippage or damage, enabling stable and consistent alignment performance.

Minimal modification and efficient deployment

The solution can be deployed within the customer's existing workstation layout without significant structural modification. Through adaptive force control and coordinated motion planning, the solution also reduces the design complexity of end effectors.

Application Samples

Mobility

Robotic Precision Assembly

Integrates vision and sensitive force control to accurately maneuver and align intricate parts within highly constrained mobility spaces.

Mobility

Automotive Steering Column Lever Testing

Ensures quality and durability of vehicle interiors through highly repetitive, automated mechanical stress evaluations under precise force limits.

Mobility

Car Window Primer

Applies adhesives and primers along curved window boundaries, demonstrating perfect, uninterrupted contour tracking over complex surface geometries.

Mobility

Automotive Seating Ironing

Removes wrinkles and completes the finishing process on high-end automotive seats using automated, highly adaptive pressing mechanisms.

Mobility

Pre-delivery Vehicle Inspection

Autonomously scans, interacts with, and verifies automobile exteriors using touch and vision synchronization to guarantee zero-defect deployments.

Industry Sector

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

In the electronics and electrical equipment sector, our adaptive robotic systems have been deployed in high-mix, contact-rich production settings where process consistency and flexible handling are important, including flexible printed circuit FPC insertion, smartphone adhesive-line wiping and polishing, server assembly, micro-screw fastening and tool management. As an electronics manufacturer sought to automate FPC board insertion in production, it encountered practical challenges arising from the small size, deformability and variation of FPCs. To achieve compliant gripping, reliable insertion verification and compatibility across different FPC types and incoming material conditions, we deployed an FPC insertion solution based on Rizon 4-S.

Application Advantages

Efficient, compliant and stable insertion

By combining real-time AI vision recognition and visual servoing with force-controlled interaction, the solution supports precise picking, compliant insertion and stable extraction. Hybrid force-position control absorbs deviations in gripping and product dimensions, while real-time force monitoring reduces the risk of damage, enabling highly stable assembly quality and near-zero scrap.

High-precision hand-eye coordination

Our self-developed vision algorithms support real-time recognition and tracking under varying conditions. Combined with force-control capabilities, the system enables closed-loop, contact-aware insertion across different FPC types.

Traceability and scalability

Force and image data can be recorded at frequencies of up to 1 kHz throughout the assembly process, supporting process monitoring and traceability. The solution can be adapted across multiple FPC variants with minimal adjustment, helping reduce testing effort and production costs.

Application Samples

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

FPC Insertion

Solves one of electronics manufacturing's hardest tasks by reliably inserting delicate flexible printed circuits perfectly without risk of damage.

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

Robotic PCB Loading

Accelerates high-mix electronics assembly by safely picking, translating, and securely seating specialized printed circuit boards into hardware chassis.

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

Automated server testing

Connects and manipulates hardware components within dense IT rack formations efficiently to systematically validate complex system operations.

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

Fiber Optic Equipment Assembly

Expertly curates the delicate routing and precise connection of ultra-fragile sensory cables without applying fracturing tension.

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

Automated RAM Installation

Carefully aligns memory modules into tight motherboard slots, dynamically reading force feedback to ensure perfect pin-seating geometry.

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

Microwave Fan Blade Installation

Deploys within typical consumer appliance production lines to smoothly and safely press-fit specialized cooling blades onto motor axles.

Industry Sector

Food and FMCG

In the food and FMCG sector, many production steps remain labor-intensive due to stringent hygiene requirements, tight process specifications, challenging operating conditions and frequent product changeovers. Our adaptive robotic systems have been deployed to support cutting, processing and inner-packaging workflows. As a food processor sought to automate fish fillet shaping on the production line, it encountered practical challenges arising from the soft texture of fish meat, the need to preserve coating condition and product texture, and variation in product sizes and shapes across customer orders. Catering to their demands, we deployed an adaptive robotic shaping solution based on Rizon 4.

Application Advantages

Compliant and precise shaping

By combining AI vision recognition with force-controlled operation, the solution can identify and screen fish fillets and perform in-line shaping while preserving coating condition, fluffiness and product quality. With high-precision force control, the system is designed for gentle handling of soft and fragile food products.

High-quality automation

Leveraging hand-eye coordination capabilities, the solution supports in-line operations with conveyors and delivers shaping quality and efficiency above manual performance, with average throughput of approximately 16,000 fish fillets per unit per day, compared with approximately 12,000 fish fillets per person per day manually.

Versatility and fast deployment

The solution can adapt to different product sizes and shapes through robot adjustment without customized redevelopment. It can be deployed into existing production lines with minimal modification, with a single station installed in as little as half a day.

Application Samples

Food and FMCG

Fish Fillet Shaping

Operates safely within strict FMCG environments, manipulating soft, highly delicate organic materials uniformly without bruising or crushing.