Wandelbots democratizes robot programming. We enable everyone to program and run an industrial robot using wearables and smart teaching devices. Robotics will become faster to start with, more flexible to operate while being much more cost-efficient.

The technology is a demonstration-based approach that works with all robot manufacturers and also integrates internal as well as external sensors into the control of the robot. The algorithm is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to create a robot independent description of the task to be done, called a skill, by making use of all data available at the teaching process as well as previous optimization algorithms. Based on that, robot specific adaptive control is generated and executed on the taught robot but can also be transferred to robots, which are physically able to do the task. Our technology directly talks to the PLC. The TracePen can be used for all process-/path-based applications as a means to teach the robot, but additional ways to interact, e.g., for pick-and-place applications are available as well. With the TracePen, an accuracy of 0.5mm can be achieved, which then can be further optimized via a tablet-based UI. The whole framework is agnostic of the robot as well as of the input device. However, the input device is important to lower the entry barrier and get rid of any robot-specific knowledge necessary for the user.