Robotics

Robotics are the ultimate expression of industrial automation systems.  Industrial control, communications, machine vision, machine learning, human-machine interfaces, cybersecurity and safety can be key technology considerations when building cobots, industrial robots, or other commercial applications of robotics.  Xilinx SoCs,  FPGAs, and Versal ACAPs enable a modular approach to robotics by providing a common embedded hardware and software platform that can be reused and scaled to dramatically reduce time-to-market, form-factor, total cost of ownership while maximizing intelligence and adaptability of these assets.  Specifically, Xilinx SoCs, FPGAs, and Versal ACAPs enable:

• Precise, deterministic control over a scalable number of axes of motion via parallel processing of control loops
• Connectivity over diverse Industrial Ethernet standards including support for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
• Support for numerous and diverse sensor inputs, enabling sensor fusion and high-level sensors techniques
• Real-time analytics and machine learning supporting predictive maintenance and  control, remote diagnostics, digital twin, and additional edge intelligence use cases
• Integrated human machine interface (HMI)
• Compliance for IEC 61508 SIL 3 functional safety and IEC 62443 cybersecurity
• Smaller physical footprint and power through highest levels of integration