The view that the introduction of robot technology to data centers is complicated and will not progress so rapidly



With the evolution of robots and artificial intelligence (AI), there are more and more cases of substituting the work that humans have done so far, but data center industry news that data centers will not change so rapidly. The site /

DCD points out.

The slow rise of robots in the data center --DCD
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/caves-of-steel/



Examples of robot introduction examples include 'Patchy McPatchbot,' 'Sir Patchalot,' and 'Margaret Patcher,' which are used by the German Internet exchange (IX) company DE-CIX. Both are patch robots that provision and upgrade ports in just minutes.



The following is the operation movie of 'Patchy McPatchbot'.

Meet our new colleague Patchy McPatchbot --YouTube


In addition, Alibaba's data center has introduced a robot that can replace a failed HDD without human intervention. The robot can smoothly handle the entire replacement process, including automatic inspection, finding defective discs, replacing discs, and refilling, and it takes only 4 minutes to replace a disc.

It has been revealed that Facebook is also designing a robotics solution for automating and expanding infrastructure operations in the data center, and Google is also considering deploying an advanced robot system in the data center.

But big companies like Google and Facebook are a little behind because of the various barriers to robot adoption.

'Hyperscale data centers are like warehouses, and most processes require robots to move to specific locations to perform tasks,' said Joe Cava, vice president of data centers at Google. Despite advances in robotics, many of the tests in the data center are much more complex than in other industries deploying large robots. '

One of the problems is that they are trying to fill the gap between simulation and reality using noise and randomization, but there is an unfilled difference.

However, in the future, it is conceivable that the design of the data center will be fundamentally reviewed and changed to one that assumes the use of robots, and that humans will not be considered. This in itself needs to be carefully deployed to avoid accidents or damage to the server when humans are involved.

Analyst Bill Clayman said, 'The future is really exciting. There are many challenges that we may face in the near future by throwing away some of our anxieties and uncertainties and adopting autonomous and intelligent systems. Please be aware that you can solve the problem. '

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