In the Era of Smart Manufacturing, the Demand for Dual-Arm Wheeled Robots Emerges

With the rapid growth of manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce industries, intelligent handling robots have become a key tool for improving efficiency and reducing costs. These robots not only address traditional logistics pain points—such as low efficiency, high costs, and safety risks—but also push the industry toward a new stage of automation and flexibility through smart and scalable designs. By combining autonomous mobile chassis with collaborative robotic arms, they enable “unmanned” and “flexible” operations.

A large smart warehousing and logistics system provider in South China has launched a dual-arm wheeled humanoid robot based on an AGV chassis integrated with collaborative robotic arms. Compared with conventional AGVs, AMRs, and composite robots, this solution can perform more complex tasks through coordinated movement and dual-arm collaboration, such as precision assembly, material sorting, and operation in hazardous environments.

Such complex operational scenarios demand powerful and stable hardware and software support. As the core controller and data transmission hub of the robot, the embedded computer must meet stringent requirements in system performance, algorithm processing power, interface diversity, and reliability.

Customer Challenge: How to Achieve Dual-Arm Collaboration and Intelligent Control?

In real-world applications, dual-arm wheeled humanoid robots face three core challenges:

✅ Computing Power Bottleneck: Dual-arm collaboration requires real-time processing of massive sensor data—such as LiDAR SLAM, 3D vision, and force feedback. Conventional industrial PCs struggle to meet the demands of high-concurrency computing.

✅ Insufficient Interface Performance: Robotic arms, grippers, vision cameras, LiDARs, depth cameras, and various data acquisition sensors all require multiple communication interfaces supporting diverse protocols. Some functions also demand high-bandwidth, low-latency data transmission, which standard controllers often cannot fully support.

✅ Poor Environmental Adaptability: Industrial environments involve vibration, high temperatures, and electromagnetic interference, all of which can destabilize the system and impact the robot’s continuous operation.

▍Core Requirements for the Controller in Dual-Arm Wheeled Humanoid Robots

Computing Performance Requirements

✅ Support for multi-core, high-performance processors to handle real-time dual-arm collaboration algorithms and multi-sensor data fusion

✅ Large-capacity, high-speed memory to ensure smooth execution of complex motion control algorithms

✅ High-speed storage to guarantee rapid system response and secure data storage

Interface Expansion Requirements

✅ Multiple industrial-grade interfaces, including isolated digital I/O and multi-channel serial ports

✅ High-speed data transmission interfaces to support vision systems and force sensors

✅ Flexible expansion capabilities to adapt to various application scenarios

Reliability Requirements

✅ Wide-temperature operation to handle different environmental conditions

✅ Anti-vibration design to ensure stable performance in industrial environments

✅ Multiple protection mechanisms for long-term system reliability

JHCTECH Product Solution

After rigorous testing and evaluation, the customer ultimately selected JHCTECH’s KMDA-7611-S001 as the core control system for their dual-arm wheeled humanoid robot.

The KMDA-7611-S001 is built on the Intel® 12th/13th Gen Alder Lake/Raptor Lake processor platform (configured with an i7-12700 CPU in this solution). It is equipped with 16GB DDR5 memory and a 512GB SSD, delivering robust real-time computing capabilities for complex tasks such as motion control, data fusion, path planning, and machine vision processing. The system supports multiple operating systems, including Ubuntu and Windows, ensuring seamless compatibility with various robotic development frameworks. This significantly enhances development efficiency and speeds up algorithm deployment. In terms of I/O and expansion, the KMDA-7611-S001 offers:

✅8-channel isolated DIO and 6 COM ports for precise robotic arm control.

✅4 USB 3.2 (10Gbps) ports and 4 Gigabit LAN ports for high-speed connection of 3D cameras, LiDARs, and other perception devices.

✅2 B-Key slot supporting 5G module expansion to enable wireless communication for industrial IoT applications.

Designed with industrial-grade reliability, the system operates in a -20°C to 60°C wide temperature range and features a watchdog timer and TPM 2.0 security chip to ensure 24/7 stable operation in harsh industrial environments. The KMDA-7611-S001 is an ideal intelligent control platform for dual-arm wheeled humanoid robots.

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