Osram and Deutsche Telekom are partnering to test mobile robotics in a smart factory at Osram’s Schwabmünchen plant.
The companies will prototype and test a separate network infrastructure based on a dual slice Campus Network solution. The solution combines and integrates public and private LTE connectivity. Additionally, a local Edge Cloud is being deployed.
In the test, mobile robots, so-called automated guided vehicles (AGV), will be controlled via Deutsche Telekom's LTE network that supports the interaction of the vehicles in real time so that they can move automatically in the plant.
This means that complex computing processes will be transferred to a special server within the factory. This enables fast data processing. With the support of AI and the dual slice Campus Network the partners will test the transport of material by autonomous vehicles. By this they get a better understanding of the production environment in the Osram factory.
Hans-Joachim Schwabe, CEO, Osram Specility Lighting
For efficient production processes, speed and flexibility of our devices are highly important. The project of the integrated campus solution offers us the possibility to test how we can develop and optimize that by new technologies in the future.
Hagen Rickmann, Manager Business Customers Telekom Deutschland
To manage the transition to the smart factory of tomorrow, our customers want reliable and performant network solutions tailored to their specific demands. In our cooperation with Osram, we will focus on the development of scalable Industrial IoT applications that build on Campus Network and edge technology.
