Intel will use Boston Dynamics robot dogs to inspect factories

During the Foundry Direct Connect event, Intel announced an unusual solution to ensure the proper functioning of its manufacturing plants. The company has established a partnership with Boston Dynamics so that the Chip – a dog -shaped robot – Make sure everything is working well on your production lines.

According to Jessica Unwin, who runs Intel Foundry, several units of the device “are helping to make the work more safe, safe and efficiently”The mechanical canine is equipped with thermal sensors that help detect problems with electric motors, among other features for data collection.

“Data are like gold”Explained Joe Robison, also from Intel Foundry.And the chip allowed us to expand the amount of information we collect from our goods, allowing us to understand their health and fix it before they become a failure”The executive explained in a press release.

Intel says chip demonstrates his desire to innovate

The company also explained that Boston Dynamics robots are capable of do acoustic analysis and images to perform more than a dozen inspection processes. The quadruped device was brought on the stage of the event, highlighting a system of lenses in the place that would be considered its head.

For Naga ChandraSekaran, Intel Fondry’s head of technology and operations, the chip demonstrates the company’s continuous commitment to innovation. He states that this desire is reflected “in all parts of our factory and our business”, giving evidence that other “unusual” solutions should be repeated in the future.

The Foundry Direct Connect happens at a time when the company is undergoing a major internal transformation. With the rise of CEO Lip Bu-Tan, she has been preparing a large package of layoffs that should affect thousands of people around the world and reduce by up to $ 1.5 billion their operating costs.

Fonte: PC Gamer, Intel