ANYbotics launches Shift to streamline robot fleet operations, scale inspections
The ANYmal quadruped now works with ANYbotics Shift for autonomous inspections. Source: ANYbotics Undetected failures cost the world’s 500 largest companies an estimated $1.4 trillion each year in downtime, with a single hour of outage averaging $250,000, according to ANYbotics AG. The company today launched ANYbotics Shift, a platform intended to simplify asset health assessments and enable preventive maintenance. “The new platform empowers businesses to harness the full potential o
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A robotics company has launched a cloud-based platform designed to coordinate fleets of inspection robots, analyze the data they collect, and automatically convert findings into maintenance work orders within existing business software systems. The platform addresses the problem of equipment failures causing significant downtime costs by enabling preventive maintenance through continuous robotic inspections that feed directly into maintenance workflows. The system includes modules for fleet scheduling and control, data analysis that distinguishes between normal and anomalous readings based on operating context, integration with enterprise software like SAP and maintenance management systems, and digital plant mapping. According to the company, the platform requires minimal integration effort for initial deployment and training takes only a few days without requiring robotics expertise.
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