Ghost Teaching
Assembly Line
Building Custom Robot Simulations with Wandelbots NOVA and NVIDIA Isaac Sim
NVIDIA Inception partner and deep tech startup Wandelbots is making it easier for any roboticist to simulate robots in physics-based digital training environments, delivered through intuitive human-machine interfaces (HMI). Developers, system integrators, and automation engineers use Wandelbots to build their own application interface, connecting end users to the simulated environment. Factory planners can then interact with a robot cell on the shop floor and use the digital world to train the robot.
Using the “ghost teaching” method (Video 1), developers use a visual tool to manipulate a robot’s end effector or workpieces in simulation, teaching it how to move and pick up objects. This intuitive approach simplifies the programming of robot cells by providing a visual interface for positioning and movement, making it accessible even for those with minimal programming experience. With pose data from the simulation automatically transferred to the robot’s program, the need for complex coding is eliminated.