Practicing the new concept of popularizers: FR5-Austria IW launched the 100-school, 1,000-machine plan and released the FR5-SPARK version

On March 10 this year, at the 2023 terminal price release conference, FAO IWE announced the terminal market guidance prices of the new FR3 and FR5 collaborative robots, which are 22,800 yuan and 23,800 yuan respectively. By interpreting its product design concept: that is, to make basic tools with super high cost performance, FAO IWE's independent research and development path and innovative supply chain model also made the industry shine.

Following the development path of " robot tooling", three months later, Fao Robotics once again brought new surprises to the industry:

At the launch event on June 16, FAO Yiwei Robotics released the FR5-SPARK version of the product. The latest selling price is still unconventional, and the price of 18,000 yuan caused a sensation in the industry.

Veken Robotics believes that the "Hundred Schools and Thousands of Machines" plan launched by FAOIWEI focuses on college students and enthusiasts, and hopes that by combining its software and hardware platform that fully connects "hands, eyes, brain, and feet", it can work together with the scientific research and development community to explore the future form of robots, expand the boundaries of application, bring new ideas to the development of the robotics industry, and realize wild imaginations.

The secrets of the FR5-spark version of FAOYIWEI

At the extreme price of 18,000 yuan, how good is FR5-SPARK? This may be the focus of most users.

Judging from the publicly available parameters, the FR5-SPARK version of the FAOIWE robot has good performance, with a payload of 5KG, a working radius of 922mm, and a repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.02mm. A robot of this model and precision has high compatibility and can be used with ease whether it is used for development and exploration in scientific research, industry, or service scenarios.

Veken Robotics learned that the launch of the FR5 SPARK version of the robot and the "100 Schools, 1,000 Machines" plan are new ideas for FAOYIWEI to explore robots +, which is quite groundbreaking. Only 1,000 units will be sold in 2023. College students (undergraduates and postgraduates) can purchase one of these collaborative robots for 18,000 yuan by submitting relevant information with valid certificates and after the qualification review is passed.

FR+ Platform Supports “Hundreds of Schools and Thousands of Machines”

In addition to its high cost-effectiveness, FAOYIWEI also hopes that the FR5-SPARK version can truly facilitate users and further use and application development: the core part of this plan is to open up a hardware and software platform.

Originally, most of the in-depth teaching and research work, if you want to develop robot products that meet market and research needs, you must also carry out secondary development on the robot platform after purchasing the robot body. Especially in the development of new applications in emerging fields such as industry and agriculture, the process is relatively cumbersome.

Buyers need to look for cost-effective components such as visual cameras, end grippers, six-dimensional force control, mobile platforms (AGV/AMR) and other components in the market according to their needs, and then redesign the robot's mechanical structure including the body, sensors , actuators, etc. based on the components and the main body.

Since the various components are not connected, after purchasing them, the developer will need to select suitable and highly matched hardware and software, develop the robot's control system, and finally conduct experiments to verify the robot's performance and make necessary adjustments and improvements.

This systematic integration process means a lot of time and development cost investment for most users and developers, and a large number of users find it difficult to cross the gap from purchasing to actual application development.

Over the past period of time, FAOIWEI Robotics has been trying to solve the difficult problems that developers need to solve in terms of finding parts, development and secondary integration.

Through communication and collaboration with multiple robot software and hardware providers, FAOYIWEI faces the market with an overall mindset, opens up and connects the underlying interfaces at the product level, and is committed to working together to create a one-stop purchasing platform for users. Not only is the operation simple and easy to use, but the open platform also makes it easier to access more open source and interfaces in the future.

It is reported that the software and hardware platform that FAOYIWEI robot has opened up includes several parts, including visual cameras, end grippers, six-dimensional force control, and mobile platforms (AGV/AMR), which represent the robot's "hands", "brain", "eyes" and "feet" respectively.

After users purchase the products in these parts, they can use the existing FR+ standard application software and hardware platform of FAOUIEWEI to directly implement systematic product function construction and meet development needs in more scenarios, which greatly reduces the difficulty from purchase to development, deployment and operation.

Multiple paths work together to further empower

The robotics industry has always been highly sensitive to the research, development and application of emerging technologies.

As a friendly tool, collaborative robots are widely welcomed in STEM and programming courses by virtue of human-machine collaboration. As a cutting-edge scientific research platform, a single robot is usually expensive, with prices of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan, which makes most developers hesitate due to funding issues. At the same time, subsequent secondary development is full of uncertainty.

FAOIWEI Robotics, which is committed to becoming a popularizer of collaborative robots, discovered this problem and, through deeper research and development and iterative innovation, launched the “Hundred Schools and Thousands of Machines” plan at the press conference. This not only further breaks down the technical and price barriers, creating “extremely cost-effective basic tools” at a price of 18,000 yuan, but also uses a hardware and software integration approach to provide a lower-threshold overall robot solution for various industries.

In terms of promoting the popularization of collaborative robots, FAOIWEI has also made simultaneous efforts in multiple paths: in March this year, FAOIWEI joined hands with the Shenzhen Workers’ Relief Foundation to promote the training of automation professional literacy for front-line workers, so that more people can participate in the era of replacing humans with machines.

At this press conference, Faoyiwe Robotics announced the latest Fao community platform, which is expected to be officially launched on July 15.

It is reported that the Faao community is divided into four modules:

(1) Future Exploration: Exploration of the future form of robots and the future direction of technological development

(2) Task release: Assist users to explore market channels and build a bridge between supply and demand

(3) Application display: display various innovative applications

(4) Fao Academy: Sharing Fao tutorials

FAOYIWEI hopes to share more ideas on robot technology development on this platform, help users solve technical problems, promote communication and collaboration, and further accelerate the progress of robot research. Through the sharing of further development tutorials, FAOYIWEI will also provide excellent community participants with rich resource docking including technical support, production capacity assistance, market channel sharing, capital resources, etc.

FAOIWEI hopes that whether it is robot hardware, supporting components, or support measures, the future "Hundred Schools and Thousand Machines" plan will help explore robot development research and reduce R&D costs.

Of course, the shared knowledge platform of Faao Academy is also expected to meet differentiated learning needs, respond to the literacy demands of the intelligent era including information awareness, computational thinking, digital learning and innovation, explore new models of human-machine collaborative scientific research with thousands of robot developers, and provide better and easier one-stop robots and supporting overall solutions.

Conclusion and the future

Technological innovation is rapidly improving personalized learning experiences, creating new adaptive learning environments, helping users inspire inspiration and creativity, further reducing the workload of practitioners, and providing more opportunities beyond imagination.

FAOIWEI Robotics will continue to create more cost-effective basic tools, thereby promoting the application of collaborative robots in thousands of industries. This will not only help to quickly verify the effectiveness of robotics technology in multiple industries, but will also provide a practical basis and data support for the extension of public services, helping to quickly provide more beneficial choices for all users.

my country's "Robot+" Application Action Implementation Plan estimates that in the future there will be more than 100 innovative robot application technologies and solutions, and more than 200 typical robot application scenarios with high technical levels, innovative application models and significant application results will be promoted. At present, these new scenarios are still waiting for people to further use their imagination to develop.

FAOIWEI has been working hard to make robots affordable for all walks of life and to make collaborative robots truly popular.