5G Robots by Verizon: “5G will allow robots to connect with other robots and devices of all kinds in ways that simply weren’t possible before,” Verizon said.
On Monday, Verizon demonstrated two robots on stage at the Mobile World conference, saying the bots use 5G connectivity and mobile edge computing to communicate with each other.
Frontier computing uses augmented reality and machine learning to analyze voluminous data collected where it was collected – whether it’s a factory floor, an oil rig or an office space – and requires the fast data transfer that only high-speed 5G signals provide.
“When you have multiple robots on a floor, you run into a problem because they’re still just machines, and they can’t naturally communicate with each other,” Verizon chief strategist Rima Qureshi said at an event in Barcelona.
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“5G will allow robots to connect with other robots and devices of all kinds in a way that just wasn’t possible before,” she said.
Connected, smarter robots are seen as crucial to making areas such as factory floors more efficient through automation, remote monitoring, reduced costs and the need for plant infrastructure.
As part of the demonstration, Qureshi waved and two robots appeared on stage: one dog-like robot named Gigi – in honor of 5G – that walked stiffly on four legs, and a second boxy bot named Mekeal – a nod to mobile edge computing, or MEC – that rolled on traction wheels.
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To teach the robots to be aware of the environment beyond a two-dimensional route that doesn’t account for elements beyond the origin and destination points, Qureshi said engineers jumped in front of them, guiding other robots in their path and throwing boxes in their path.
“I’m happy to report that neither the engineers nor the robots were hurt in the process,” Qureshi said.
The global 5G market in the cloud is expected to reach $10.6 billion (about Rs. 78,690 crores) by 2028 and grow at 79.2 percent a year, Research and Markets said in a recent report.
Verizon is also working on drones that can be deployed at disaster sites without human exposure and controlled by a single operator from hundreds of miles away, with real-time video and thermal imagery available to anyone in the world.
With 4G networks, drones could fly into fire zones in the U.S. without personnel present and send data in near real time to personnel 4,000 miles away, but with 5G, Qureshi said, drones will be able to transmit panoramic video to multiple recipients, each able to focus on different aspects of the image simultaneously.
