Doosan Robotics to Develop GPT-Based Collaborative Robots with Microsoft

Utilizing 'Azure OpenAI Service'
Enhancing Software Capabilities
Improving Collaborative Robot Efficiency

Doosan Robotics is launching the development of a collaborative robot solution utilizing AI-based GPT (Generated Pre-trained Transformer) to strengthen its software capabilities.

On the 24th, Doosan Robotics announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Microsoft and Doosan Digital Innovation to develop a ‘GPT-based Robot Control System’ using Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. The Azure OpenAI Service is a cloud service that provides the latest AI systems from OpenAI, including GPT.

Doosan Robotics plans to apply GPT to collaborative robots so that they can autonomously repeat error corrections and perform tasks without human intervention. Once this solution is developed, users of collaborative robots will be able to reduce programming time, thereby enhancing work efficiency and usability.

For example, previously, when ordering ramen and fried food simultaneously, specialized collaborative robots operated separately or cooked ramen first and then fried food sequentially. To perform two or more types of cooking simultaneously, a person had to directly program not only the detailed actions but also the sequence of actions considering multiple possible cases, which was time-consuming and technically challenging.

The GPT-based collaborative robot solution to be developed this time will require programming and training only the detailed actions of each cooking process. Even when performing two or more types of cooking simultaneously, the robot will autonomously arrange and execute the optimal sequence of actions, minimizing programming time and trial and error. As a result, when a user orders “Cook ramen and fried food” by voice or text, the collaborative robot will compose and execute the optimal actions considering cooking time and order, and serve the food to the user.

This solution accumulates and utilizes the database programmed and trained by humans, so there is no need to reprogram from scratch even if the menu changes.

Image of the E-Series collaborative robot dedicated to F&B, launched by Doosan Robotics last April [Photo by Doosan Robotics]

Jung-Hoon Ryu, CEO of Doosan Robotics, said, “The core of this GPT-based collaborative robot solution is to minimize programming time while enabling collaborative robots to perform complex and diverse tasks.” He added, “Applying this solution to the software platform ‘DartSuite,’ scheduled for release in the second half of the year, will further improve the usability and convenience of collaborative robots.”

Doosan Robotics plans to pilot the GPT-based collaborative robot solution in the food and beverage (F&B) sector within this year and then consider expanding its application to the manufacturing sector.

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