Agile Robots Launches "Agile Core & Diana" Product Series, Defining Next-Generation Robot Intelligence

On September 5, Agile Robots unveiled its "Agile Core & Diana" product line. Rather than advancing hardware or software in isolation, the company took an integrated approach from its area of specialization — combining both into a complete solution designed to achieve a comprehensive upgrade in robotic intelligence.

Zhaopeng Chen, founder of Agile Robots, noted that while robots represent a relatively futuristic product category, their applications to date have remained fairly niche and narrow. The fundamental reason, he said, is that previous levels of intelligence were insufficient. "We very much hope to use Agile Robots' technology and products to bridge AI and the physical world, and thereby expand the adoption of robots across many more fields."

The product line includes the software Agile Core, along with two intelligent force-controlled robots in the Diana 7 series. Among these, Agile Robots' self-developed Linghe operating system Agile Core achieves one-stop control of underlying hardware, middleware, kernel, APIs, interfaces, and drivers — completing the integration of hand, brain, and eye functions in an intelligent robot.

Manuel Brucker, software director at Agile Robots' Germany office, explained that the industrial automation sector currently faces various challenges, with growing demands for flexibility and productivity. The ability to achieve rapid deployment, continuous operation, and self-adaptation across machines, robots, and other industrial components from different ecosystems is becoming increasingly critical. The Linghe software platform provides the latest technology and software for implementing and running next-generation robotics and automation solutions. At the same time, the Linghe operating system can adjust production processes in real time based on order and product variants, simplifying the deployment, operation, and maintenance of production equipment while optimizing based on data and experience.

Agile Core has been described as a universal operating system for robotics. Its core functions are communication management and process management: while a robot is working, it continuously feeds information captured by the perception system back to the "brain," then issues adjustment commands in real time. This closed data loop allows the robot's experience to be reused.

Agile Robots product managers Weining Fu and Fengyuan Yu introduced the intelligent force-controlled robots Diana 7 and Diana 7 Med, respectively. Fu noted that robotic teleoperation has developed into a highly advanced and practical technology, particularly in scenarios such as deep-space exploration, deep-sea detection, counter-terrorism and explosive ordnance disposal, and nuclear power plant maintenance, where it can solve many real-world problems. Building on this foundation, and in order to meet the needs of more scenarios and address the various challenges encountered in the field, Agile Robots' R&D team developed and refined the product with these considerations in mind — and Diana 7 was born.

He outlined several key features of Diana 7: a highly intelligent control system and diverse secondary development interfaces that can quickly meet customized demands across different industries; high precision, light weight, easy deployment, and built-in safety, making it suitable for various flexible manufacturing scenarios; high compliance enabled by impedance control and high flexibility from seven degrees of freedom, allowing it to adapt to very complex external environments; and functions such as joint force control, free-drag teaching, virtual walls, and gravity compensation, which create more possibilities for use in diverse scenarios.

Yu noted that medical robots represent the most advanced technology, and that the demands of medical robotics represent his company's core pursuit — they can showcase the industry's top-tier technology, product, and manufacturing capabilities. He also had a "one more thing" surprise: their medical robot lineup would not be limited to the Diana 7 Med with its 7 kg payload and 7 degrees of freedom.

The company has already begun developing a new product, Diana X, tailored to customer needs across different scenarios. Like Diana 7, it will come in both industrial and medical versions. Additionally, based on pure industrial applications, Agile Robots has developed the complete Thor series: Thor 3, Thor 7, Thor 12, and other products.