Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) adopts the Digital and Physical Twins approach in the development of the Collaborative Mobile Manipulator (CMM) based on Neobotix MMO-500.
Digital Simulation is conducted on the Digital Twin of the CMM for System Validation before Physical Execution on its Physical Twin. The Mecanum wheels of the CMM enable the movement in any direction and hence the workspace of the Manipulator is significantly enlarged. In addition, the CMM is equipped with LIDAR sensors, vision systems and an end-effector for conducting autonomous navigation, parking/unparking and pick-and-place in a collaborative human-robot working environment for the support of Smart Factory in the era of Industry 4.0.
