Broadcom: Trends and Solutions for Robotic Applications

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Overview

From Drives & Motion Control to Sensors and Communications

Live Presentation Date: April 15, 2021

Broadcom and EBV Elektronik would like to welcome you to the fascinating and growing world of Robotics together with an inspiring keynote on the Trends of Robotics from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Lambrecht, Head of Chair Industry Grade Networks and Clouds TU Berlin / Co-Founder and Managing Director Gestalt Robotics GmbH.

Industry 4.0 and the Smart Factory are driving growth in the robotics market. Learn more about the trends – Artificial Intelligence, 5G, Edge Computing, and the new and innovative semiconductor products that are enabling robots of all sizes to operate and communicate.
Ranging from small robots to complex factory automation systems, products cover a wide range of applications ranging from moving, positioning, providing feedback, and communication.
 

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Agenda:

Part I   Drives & Motion Control

• Keynote speech: Trends of Robotics – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Lambrecht
  • Head of Chair Industry Grade Networks and Clouds TU Berlin / Co-Founder and Managing Director Gestalt Robotics
• Broadcom Drives & Motion Control – Lisa Dietrich, Broadcom
• Q&A
• Break (10 mins)
   

Part II   Sensors

• Trends in Sensors – Uroš Mali, EBV Elektronik
• Broadcom Sensors –Sebastian Bauer, Broadcom
• Q&A
• Break (10 mins)
   

Part III   Communication

• Trends in Communication – Karl Lehnhoff, EBV Elektronik
• Broadcom Industrial Communications Portfolio – Tim Schnitzler, Broadcom
• Q&A
   

Summary/Wrap Up

• Karl Lehnhoff, EBV Elektronik

Speakers & Abstracts:

Part I   Drives & Motion Control

Keynote speech: Trends of Robotics

Artificial intelligence, distributed robot and automation systems based on 5G and edge computing, human-robot collaboration, and digital twins.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Lambrecht
Head of Chair Industry Grade Networks and Clouds, TU Berlin /
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Gestalt Robotics GmbH

Jens Lambrecht studied mechanical engineering at the TU Dortmund, worked as a student in the field of simulation in industrial robotics, and obtained his doctorate at the Chair of Industrial Automation Technology at Technische Universität (TU) Berlin on human-robot interaction with gestures and augmented reality. After that, he spent six months in Taiwan working in the field of image processing and then became team leader for cloud robotics at the Telekom Innovation Laboratories in Berlin.

In 2016, he founded the company Gestalt Robotics and received a call for a junior professorship at TU Berlin in 2018. Currently, he heads the Chair Industry Grade Networks and Clouds.

Broadcom Drives & Motion Control

Broadcom’s encoder and isolation portfolio enable highly reliable, efficient, and accurate robotic motor drive systems:

• Robust incremental and absolute encoders for precision motion control
• Optically isolated IGBT/SiC/GaN/Mosfet drivers to meet the highest safety standards
• Current and voltage sensors for close loop servo control in a noisy robotic environment
   

Lisa Dietrich
Senior Field Application Engineer, Industrial Products
Broadcom Inc.

Lisa Dietrich is a Senior Field Application Engineer and industrial technical lead for Broadcom Inc. and is part of the EMEA field organization. She has held various positions at Broadcom in technical sales, support, and marketing over the past 20 years. Lisa has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.

Part II   Sensors

Trends in Sensors

In general robotic applications, we can see a trend of an increasing share of autonomous mobile robots, expanding use of machine vision, introducing advanced grasping features, and continued growth of collaborative robot applications.

• New technologies like Time-of-Flight (ToF) ranging for object detection and avoidance, simplified machine vision applications as well as advanced grasping with detecting object just before manipulation
• Regular human machine interfacing (HMI) and the new human robot interaction/interface (HRI)
• Enabling of new touchless input methods, practical in applications like medical or service robotics to maintain the hygiene required in the environment
   

Uroš Mali
Director Smart Sensing & Connectivity
EBV Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG

Uroš Mali is working as a Director of the Segment, Smart Sensing & Connectivity at EBV Elektronik, the biggest semiconductors distributor in EMEA. With more than 10 years in a semiconductor distribution business, he has gained a lot of experience and knowledge about various technologies including micro controllers, sensors, wired and wireless connectivity standards as well as hardware security – all the building blocks of IoT. Traveling through the region, he has a good overview and insights of the current trends as well as product and technology roadmaps. Although working in semiconductor marketing and business development, he tries to keep the engineer alive inside with active participation in many projects.

Broadcom Sensors

Broadcom‘s sensors for collision avoidance and general human-machine interfacing enable better collaboration between humans and robots while increasing overall system productivity.

• Compact 3D time of flight sensor modules for ease of integration in a wide range of robotic applications
• Proximity and gesture sensing for touchless control
• Discrete infrared emitters and detectors for flexible system configuration
   

Sebastian Bauer
Worldwide Product Marketing, Time of Flight Sensors, Industrial Fiber Products Division
Broadcom Inc.

Sebastian Bauer started his career in semiconductors with Osram in 2013, where he worked for three years as a Marketing Manager for Infrared Components.

In 2017, he joined the Industrial Fiber Products Division at Broadcom Inc. and holds a worldwide position as Product Marketing Manager for Time of Flight Sensors.

Sebastian has a degree as Dipl. Wirt. Ing. (FH) and an MBA from the University of Dallas.

Part III   Communication

Trends in Communication

Robotic applications are part of the industrial environment, and we see the same trend towards TCP / IP communication from the sensor to the cloud.

• Industrial standard for Authentication & Secure Communication (IEC 62433)
• New standards for Time-Sensitive Networks (IEC/IEEE 60802) and Single Pair Ethernet (IEC 63171)
• Wireless Trends: Bluetooth, Wifi, 5G, UWB
   

Karl Lehnhoff
Director Segment Industrial,
EBV Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG

Karl joined EBV Elektronik in 2008 as a Regional Application Manager. From 2011 until 2019, he headed the Segment Renewable Energies, today called City & Infrastructure, as a Director. In March 2019, he took over the Segment Industrial. Previously he held multiple different roles in R&D, Field Application Engineering, and Field Sales. He has a degree as Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in electronics from the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund.

Broadcom Industrial Communications Portfolio

Broadcom’s Ethernet communication and optical interconnect products offer maximum flexibility for communication within robotic and factory automation systems:

• BroadR-Reach®/SPE offers Ethernet connectivity over single twisted pair unshielded cabling, allowing for lighter weight cabling within robots
• The newest family of fiber optic Ethernet transceivers offer higher operating temperatures, lower power consumption, and an integrated diagnostic interface for factory communication
• Optical wireless transceivers for free-space communication through rotary joints
   

Tim Schnitzler
Worldwide Product Marketing, Industrial Fiber Products Division
Broadcom Inc.

Tim Schnitzler is the product manager for the Ethernet Fiber Optic Transceivers and NIR SiPM Sensors, based in Germany. He is responsible for worldwide product management, new product definition development, and market expansion.

Tim began his career at Hewlett Packard Semiconductor Group as an application engineer covering various optoelectronic components. Since then, he has held numerous roles in engineering, marketing, and sales at HP, Agilent, Avago, and Broadcom.

Tim holds a Diplom degree (equivalent to the Bachelor degree) in Communication Electronics Engineering from the University of Cooperative Education in Stuttgart.

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