AICA has reached a key milestone in Project LAMBDA through collaboration with Circu Li-ion and the Swiss Battery Technology Center (SBTC). Together, the partners successfully disassembled a high-voltage electric vehicle battery, marking the completion of the project’s final testing phase.
As part of this milestone, AICA deployed its AICA System on an industrial Kuka robot. The demonstration showcased an AI-based tactile control policy operating in a production setting. The system combined 3D vision, force feedback, and a neural network trained in simulation using Reinforcement Learning (RL) to control the robot.
During the test, the robot successfully cut and removed a cable harness from a real high-voltage EV battery pack. According to AICA, this result represents a significant step toward removing human operators from dangerous environments and advancing learning-based manipulation in industrial contexts.
The full press release is available here: https://www.aica.tech/blog/lambda-press-release