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We specialize in design, research, development and integration of intelligent robotic systems. GIM Robotics delivers software that makes our clients’ mobile working machines in all industries more intelligent, precise and efficient. With our help, their vehicles can start driving autonomously. That being the case, it is no wonder, that most of our coolest projects are secured with ironclad non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and we just can’t reveal them.
Luckily, we also have a great portfolio of public projects, which we are more than happy to share. Like the above category picture from 2016 featuring our simple robots acting as mobile stands for various works of art and being part of the show as well. The location was Helsinki Design museum and the artist was Eero Aarnio.
A concept demonstration of fully electric and autonomous lawn mowing in a full scale park together with Helsinki City Construction Services, STARA. This demonstration was part of the longer development which aims for unmanned park maintenance.
The aim of the Social & Autonomous Robotic Health Assistant project was to develop a SARA robot that would ease the workload of care facility staff and provide clients with opportunities for social interaction.
The robot was developed collaboratively by four project partners: Forum Virium Helsinki from Finland, Bright Cape Holding from the Netherlands and Technische Universität Berlin from Germany.
GIM Robotics was responsible for designing and implementing the autonomous mobile robot platform and providing localization, mapping and navigation capabilities for SARA. The project was funded primarily by EIT Digital and participating companies.
EIT Digital funded LMAD project includes building a mobile robot, a fleet management system that enables autonomous mobility and an ordering system allowing the robot to communicate with customers. In addition to the technical implementation, a service concept is created and tested in a urban environment with real customers.
The developed LMAD – the Last Mile Autonomous Delivery platform for logistician, retailer and cities is a platform for managing cost-effective last-mile delivery with autonomous robots. It is EIT Digital funded project and can thus be shared here. The project partners are EIT Digital France and EIT Digital Finland, Futurice, GIM Robotics, BookIt, Picom, Bestmile and Forum Virium Helsinki.
GIM Robotics was responsible for designing and building the actual autonomous mobile robot, which is the core of the whole system. So, please have a look of the video and get a taste what this great public EIT Digital funded project has done so far. More to follow.
There has been a worldwide demand alredy for decades to develop a robot for visually impaired people as an alternative for the guide dog. However, the development of such a device has become technologically and economically feasible only during the last decade mainly due to the maturation of relevant sensor technologies and algorithmics.
RoboGuide project is funded through EU EuroStars program. Our partner is a German company Locomotec. Their application is a running companion for the visually impaired. The project started in Nov 2018 and will continue until April 2021. The target is to develop and test a prototype that would be ready for further development and become a commercial product within a year or two. The project is run by one of company’s founders, COB Professor Emeritus Aarne Halme.
The first year was used to interview potential visually impaired users and to produce the first mock-up test equipment to evaluate the mechanical structure, its ergonomical aspects and to study the functionality of the sensors attached. The first version of RoboGuide is shown in the picture, where Mr. Teuvo Heikkonen is testing it.
The robot has two driving wheels and in the middle of their axis a vertical bar with a joint. At the top of the bar there is the user handle with access switches. The user follows the equipment by holding the handle. The user is able to adjust the speed and the pulling force. The most important sensors are a laser-radar, camera and inertial unit. The robot has also a satellite navigation unit.
Current mechanical construction is an engineering version but soon the robot will get a designed cover for the protection of the electronics and a smart outlook.
For further info, please visit ROBOGUIDE.ORG