Robotics Cloud Platform

Manufacturers often run robots from several providers, and every brand demands its own specialist skills. NTT DATA built the Robotics Cloud Platform, an agnostic control layer for robotic arms independent of proprietary systems. ROS and a digital twin simulate each movement, and AI adds new skills before a robot reaches the production line.
Robot brands: Multi-vendor
One control layer for arms from different manufacturers.
Line testing: Digital twin
Teams simulate the whole production line before go-live.
New capabilities: AI-based
Self-learning of movements and perception from camera and sensor data.
Task assignment: User-driven
Operators pick a robot and assign its task in the production chain.
Robotics Cloud Platform
Robot choice without proprietary lock-in
目的
Work with robots from different manufacturers without needing to know the specific characteristics of each one.
機会
Teams pick the robot best suited to each manufacturing need, whatever the brand, and test the line before production starts.
One brand, one skill set

Manufacturing keeps asking for more automation. Each robot provider brings its own control system, so the team needs product-specific knowledge for every brand on the floor.

主な課題
1: Mixed fleets. Companies work with several robot providers at the same time.
2: Product-specific skills. Each brand requires its own expertise to program and run.
3: Trials on live equipment. New movements had no safe space for testing before production.
4: Choices tied to the brand. Robot selection followed the installed system more than the manufacturing need.
解決策
An agnostic control platform with a digital twin

NTT DATA built the platform on the ROS framework and a digital twin, using NVIDIA Omniverse, MQTT, OPC UA and Python.

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Vendor-agnostic control

One interface controls robotic arms from different manufacturers, on cloud and data center infrastructure NTT DATA designs, builds and operates.

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Digital twin simulation

ROS and the digital twin reproduce robot movements so the team develops and tests new capabilities in controlled situations.

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AI capabilities

Algorithms add self-learning of movements for new tasks and environmental perception based on camera and sensor data.

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Task assignment

Users select the robot of interest and assign its tasks within the production chain.

影響
Lower production costs and more freedom of choice

Teams supervise, simulate and test the movements of the entire production line before go-live, saving time and cost. Manufacturers choose the robots best suited to their needs, whatever the producer’s brand, and NTT DATA assesses each option on neutral terms. The digital twin combined with Robotics Cloud reduces production costs and increases competitiveness.

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