Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.00
June 08, 2022
READY Robotics Corp. this week announced a strategic investment from NVIDIA plus plans to integrate NVIDIA’s Omniverse Isaac Sim into READY Robotics’ Forge/OS. The Columbus, Ohio-based company said NVIDIA’s investment allows it to improve its core Forge/OS 5 platform as well as to support a growing ecosystem of partners and developers. READY Robotics added that it provides a foundation that enables software developers to meet their demands. By enabling integration with processing at the edge, these systems can offer increased efficiency without compromising on privacy, latency, or data security, the company argued. “Manufacturing has been held back for decades by…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.92
March 09, 2023
…announced that it has made a strategic investment in READY Robotics, which it described as a pioneer in software-defined automation and a Rockwell Technology Partner. Rockwell said its investment will help READY Robotics continue to develop its ForgeOS platform, support integration with its own software, and accelerate adoption across the Rockwell ecosystem of systems integrators and technology and channel partners. “We are excited to work with READY Robotics to help further simplify the use of diverse robotic systems in automation solutions for our customers,” said Matheus Bulho, vice president and general manager for production automation at Rockwell. “Linking the intuitive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.40
June 16, 2022
…early stage technologies, this week announced its investment in READY Robotics Corp. SIP co-led the strategic investment round with NVIDIA alongside existing investor Micron Technology. Columbus Ohio-based READY Robotics has developed Forge/OS, an industrial operating system for robots in factories and warehouses. Forge/OS provides a hardware-agnostic software layer that controls robots and related automation hardware from leading brands through a common set of application programming interfaces (APIs), according to the company. Using those APIs, READY Robotics said it has built a suite of low-code apps designed to make it simple for non-engineers to program and manage robot cells. “Manufacturing has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.34
June 20, 2023
READY Robotics yesterday announced a strategic partnership with the Industrial Solutions Network locations of Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc., or CED. The collaboration brings the ForgeOS software to the network's customers, increasing the productivity of robots and industrial automation, said the companies. “As a leader in the manufacturing industry, the Industrial Solutions Network of CED is committed to offering innovative solutions that enable our customers to thrive in a rapidly evolving marketplace,” said Brandon Bernier, partner ecosystem business lead at Industrial Solutions Network (ISN), in a press release. “Our partnership with READY Robotics allows us to significantly enhance our offering to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.60
July 21, 2023
…company this week announced that it has partnered with READY Robotics to develop the Automation Explorer simulation tool. “Automation Explorer will bring confidence to both new and experienced users of automation that their process is being optimized to its full potential,” stated Milton Guerry, president of SCHUNK USA, on LinkedIn. “Whether investigating automation possibilities for the first time, or re-deploying automation equipment for a new task, Automation Explorer brings major opportunity for understanding automation process potential while also digitalizing and simplifying deployment tasks.” SCHUNK, whose U.S. offices are in Morrisville, N.C., is a leader in tooling, gripping, and automation technologies.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.29
December 03, 2021
…partnering to help enterprises of all sizes adopt automation. READY Robotics Corp. yesterday announced a strategic partnership with Futura Automation to help distribute systems using its Forge/OS software in 13 states in the Western U.S. The companies said they will help manufacturers alleviate labor issues, solve production challenges, and boost output. “Complexity prevents many manufacturers from utilizing automation to alleviate production challenges,” said Ben Gibbs, co-founder and CEO of READY Robotics. “Robots need to be easier to use, but that’s not enough. That’s why we’re so excited to partner with Futura Automation. Their strong presence across the Western U.S. and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.47
May 23, 2023
Robotics hardware traditionally requires programmers to deploy it. READY Robotics wants to change that with its ForgeOS software, which it has aimed at people working in manufacturing who do not have coding skills. The Columbus, Ohio-based startup is a spinout of robotics research from Johns Hopkins University. Kel Guerin was a Ph.D. candidate there leading this research when he partnered with Benjamin Gibbs, who was at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures. They obtained funding and lanched READY Robotics, now led by Gibbs as CEO. “There was this 'a-ha' moment where we figured out that we could take these types of visual…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.76
January 18, 2024
READY Robotics is collaborating with Toyota Motor Corporation and NVIDIA to bring a leap forward in industrial robotics. Toyota will employ READY ForgeOS in tandem with NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robotics simulator developed on NVIDIA Omniverse, to build a simulated robotic programming environment for its aluminum hot forging production lines. This collaboration is set to enhance safety and efficiency in Toyota’s manufacturing processes. Typically, programming robotic systems for forging necessitates that the metal parts remain hot during programming, presenting significant safety challenges. With the integration of ForgeOS and NVIDIA Isaac Sim - an extensible application developed on the Omniverse platform…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.50
May 11, 2021
…use has become a differentiator for robots in manufacturing. READY Robotics Corp. today announced the launch of Forge/OS 5, which it described as “the first open, cross-brand operating system for industrial automation.” The Columbus, Ohio-based company said that its offering will enable machine builders and software developers to create applications that scale across robot and automation brands. “For robotics to reach the scale we need as a society, we must make it easier for end users, and we must make it easier for developers,” stated Benjamin Gibbs, co-founder and CEO of READY Robotics. “As we’ve seen before with Windows and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.50
July 13, 2021
…advanced technologies in-house and nurtures external relationships to deliver market-ready robotics solutions for e-commerce and parcel logistics facilities. “We’re a team of problem solvers, inventors and innovators with the expertise to engineer automated solutions for real-world logistics challenges by working closely and cooperatively with our customers. This agile approach accelerates the pace of development and gets us quickly from the lab into a live operational environment, where the real development continues,” says Dean Terrell, senior vice president, research and development, MHS. “We leverage MHS’s collective material handling knowledge as an experienced full-service provider, so our customers can be confident that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.09
August 05, 2023
Last month, READY Robotics introduced Forge Edge—an industry-first API compatible with hundreds of different models of robots and cobots from ABB, Epson, Fanuc, Kawasaki, Staubli, Yaskawa, Universal Robot, and more. Meanwhile, OpenAI's ChatGPT has blazed a trail for Large Language Models (LLMs), setting the AI world on fire. In Microsoft's paper “ChatGPT for Robotics: Design Principles and Model Abilities,” a key challenge in applying AI innovation to robotics is observed: “Robotics is a diverse field where several platforms, scenarios, and tools exist. There exists an extensive variety of libraries and APIs….” The paper proposed a higher-level function library and prompt…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.99
June 03, 2021
…and AutoGuide Mobile Robots Heartland Automation Yaskawa Motoman OhmniLabs READY Robotics ROEQ Robotiq Vention FedEx Appalachian Wireless “We’re excited about our robotics contribution to eKAMI’s curriculum, and we’re excited to build on these efforts in a way that can solve the skilled labor shortage at scale and enable every U.S. manufacturer to easily deploy automation.” said Ben Gibbs, CEO of READY Robotics. READY, an early supporter of eKAMI’s efforts to add robotics to its curriculum, said it has already worked with three of the class cohorts taking them from zero robot knowledge to doing “lights-out” production runs using the robots.…
