Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.55
May 06, 2024
Intrinsic, a software and AI robotics company at Alphabet, has integrated NVIDIA AI and Isaac platform technologies to advance the complex field of autonomous robotic manipulation. At Automate 2024 in Chicago, Intrinsic is spotlighting leaps in robotic grasping and industrial scalability assisted by foundation models enabled by NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator, unlocking new value in industrial automation with AI. Foundation models at heart of data relationships NVIDIA unveiled Isaac Manipulator at GTC in March. Isaac Manipulator is a collection of foundation models and modular GPU-accelerated libraries that help industrial automation companies build scalable and repeatable workflows for dynamic manipulation tasks by…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.97
May 05, 2024
…Industries Daniela Rus, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT Wendy Tan White, CEO of Intrinsic, an Alphabet Company Following along with Robotics 24/7 for all the news from Automate 2024 in Chicago.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.65
August 08, 2023
…was previously owned by Google X (now part of Alphabet Inc.) and SoftBank Robotics. Already well-known for videos of its Atlas humanoid robots, Boston Dynamics has focused on commercial applications of its robots since the Hyundai acquisition. The Spot quadruped has been used for security and infrastructure inspection, and the company has developed the Stretch mobile manipulator to unload truck trailers and shipping containers. In 2021, Hyundai deployed Spot robots for safety inspections at a factory in Gwangmyeong, South Korea. DHL Supply Chain deployed Stretch in February 2023. In June, Boston Dynamics announced new capabilities for Spot and a partnership…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.43
June 23, 2023
…in advanced perception, machine learning, and reinforcement learning. The Alphabet company also said its automation engineers and software developers have domain knowledge about industrial robotics. Intrinsic claimed that its software will make automation accessible to more businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers. In December 2022, the company acquired the commercial division of Open Source Robotics. Siemens and Intrinsic to bridge IT/OT gap “Currently, the development and runtime environments for AI-based robotics and automation components differ significantly in their development paradigms and make integration cumbersome,” said Intrinsic and Siemens. The companies cited the example of deploying capabilities such as pose estimation, robot manipulation,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.28
May 26, 2023
…of the open-source Robot Operating System from an academic tool to a framework for commercial robotics development. Intrinsic, which Alphabet acquired from Open Robotics, announced the beta version of its Flowstate product for developers. “We've seen a lot of demand in AMRs, but it's still an immature integration environment,” noted John Bubnikovich, U.S. country leader at ABB Robotics.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.88
February 23, 2023
…were capable of handling items and learn on the go. In related cleaning robot news, Wired recently reported that Alphabet would be shutting down Everyday Robots, an X moonshot lab robotics startup. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company made the decision to cut costs.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.93
January 30, 2023
…list of select companies – including Amazon Prime Air, Alphabet’s Wing, UPS, and Zipline, the companies said. “We live in an era of instant gratification, where consumers want to get their food or goods faster, more reliably, more economically and more sustainably – and drone delivery has risen to the occasion,” stated Yariv Bash, CEO and cofounder of Flytrex. “Flytrex’s continued success delivering to customers throughout North Carolina and Texas has put us ahead of the curve. “With this certification, we look forward to bringing our super swift, sustainable and safe airborne delivery systems to every backyard across the US,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 42.20
January 13, 2023
Alphabet's robotic subsidiary Intrinsic Innovation LLC has laid off 40 employees, which makes up about 20% of its workforce. The Information broke the news and was backed up by multiple sources including TechCrunch, which received a statement from the company. “Intrinsic’s leadership has made the difficult decision to let go a number of our team members,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch. “We have communicated the news directly with them. We fully acknowledge how hard this will be and are offering as much proactive support as possible.” Alphabet's X Development LLC innovation unit launched Intrinsic in 2021. The Google Inc. parent company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.99
December 15, 2022
…to expand ROS tools Intrinsic came out of X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, and is now independently run under the Mountain View, Calif-based company. It primarily creates software for developers of industrial automation. Intrinsic has already been using ROS to help build its tools, Tan White noted. “Our team is eager to welcome and work with our new colleagues, expand our use and integration of ROS tools, and build the Intrinsic platform,” she said. “As we work together to support and serve developers, we see immense value in creating a software platform that expands access to intelligent robotics in a way…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.04
July 05, 2022
…North America,” he said. Waymo, J.B. Hunt expand pilot Alphabet Inc. unit Waymo began as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has been developing autonomous driving technology for more than a decade with the goal of improving road safety. The Waymo Driver powers the Waymo One autonomous ride-haling service and the Waymo Via Class 8 commercial trucking and local delivery service. Waymo said its systems have driven more than 20 million miles on public roads across more than 13 U.S. states, as well as over 20 billion miles in simulation. Last month, Waymo Via…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.00
May 10, 2022
…to collaborate with robotics leaders to drive innovation for 5G and edge AI. They include ADLINK, Akasha Imaging (an Alphabet company), Cyngn, ForwardX, FutureMind, Hyundai Robotics, inVia Robotics, LG Electronics, Microsoft Azure private MEC, ModalAI, Naver Labs, Pudu Robotics, Samsung Electronics, Teledyne Flir, and Thundercomm. “We've had great validation from industry leaders in the ecosystem,” said Singh. Qualcomm is also continuing its work with TDK, which has added its sensor technologies to Qualcomm's latest robotics offerings. The Qualcomm RB5 AMR Reference Design is now available for pre-sale thorugh ModalAI, and the Qualcomm Robotics RB6 development kit is available through Thundercomm.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.10
April 12, 2022
…which it had acquired from Google (now part of Alphabet) in 2017, to Hyundai Motor Group. Xavier Lacherade, general manager of SBRE, will continue to lead the company, renamed Aldebaran under URG. “We know URG as a strategic partner in sales, services, and software development,” said Lacherade. “I am firmly convinced that the short management paths, which are also characterized by the German-French friendship, will inspire the work on both sides of the Rhine and lead us to new successes in the near future.” SBRE will aquire a minority stake in URG, and the two companies said they will continue…
