Naver has developed 'ARC Brain Flow,' a solution that enables easy customization of robot services tailored to different countries and building environments. The solution allows even non-developers to configure robots' workflows and movement paths by arranging shapes. Naver plans to release ARC Brain Flow within the year and expand its smart building services based on robot control systems overseas.
According to industry sources on the 26th, Naver Labs Europe has developed and tested the robot service design solution 'ARC Brain Flow' and applied for domestic trademark rights. It is currently proceeding with patent acquisition for related technologies in Europe, with plans to secure patents in other countries in the future.
A Naver representative stated, “We will unveil a case where ARC Brain Flow is applied to build customized robot services within the year.”
ARC Brain Flow supports designing and modifying Naver's ARC system-based robot services according to customer, building, and country-specific environments. Robot delivery services are challenging to design uniformly due to variations in robot placement, movement paths, and workflows depending on the environment. This solution helps adapt them to each site. Notably, it is designed for non-developers to create or modify robot services using no-code/low-code methods, allowing easy configuration and adjustment of workflows, similar to moving shapes in a presentation document.
Naver is advancing its multi-robot intelligence system 'ARC,' which connects AI, robots, and the cloud. The ARC system includes 'ARC Brain,' a cloud-based central control system that monitors multiple robots' statuses and assigns tasks; 'ARC Eye,' which recognizes robots' positions and movement spaces using digital twin and vision-based positioning technology; and 'ARC Mind,' a web platform-based robot operating system (OS). ARC Brain Flow is expected to enhance the versatility of ARC Brain.
Naver refined ARC Brain through trials at its robot-friendly building, the 1784 headquarters, which features dedicated infrastructure like robot-optimized elevators and 5G. Recently, it has supplied ARC Brain-based smart building systems to general buildings without robot-friendly facilities. The system was applied to the robot control system at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu in Japan and tested in Saudi Arabia's NEOM project.
While 1784 has infrastructure tailored for robot movement, overseas general buildings vary in network and facility environments. A solution like ARC Brain Flow is necessary to easily optimize the technology for diverse building environments.
A Naver representative explained, “Expanding the robot services tested at 1784 to various countries and environments requires service diversity. (ARC Brain Flow) will help supply the ARC system to diverse environments.”
