Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.60
July 19, 2024
Wearable robotics vendor Verve Motion, a Harvard University spinout dedicated to industrial worker safety, recently released the results of a four year study on wearable robotics in the workplace. Verve said its research quantifies critical metrics related to back and hip injuries and demonstrates potential substantial benefits for industrial workers using soft exosuit devices, including a significant reduction in workplace injuries and enhanced worker well-being. The study tracked ergonomics, safety, and injury metrics across more than 65 million lifts at over 40 sites in five industries: construction, food & beverage, logistics, manufacturing, and retail. Verve said its findings offer insights…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.21
October 03, 2023
…is jointly positioned under the Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Jetson developer kit enables project After purchasing the basic motorized wheelchair, KB connected its motor hub with the NVIDIA Jetson Nano and lidar and depth cameras. An NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit processes data from the cameras and sensors in real time. It then uses deep learning-based computer vision models to detect obstacles in the environment. The developer kit acts as the brain of the autonomous system — generating a 2D map of its surroundings to plan a collision-free path to the destination — and sends updated signals…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.87
September 26, 2023
…and economics, Darling is a former fellow at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Yale Information Society Project. She is also an affiliate at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. The AI Institute said Darling’s team will explore immediate as well as long-term questions on the implementation and use of robots, their impact on the workplace, infrastructure, and other topics. It will perform studies and experiments to generate data needed for informed ethics and policy decisions. The team will also develop a series of talks and workshops at the intersection of ethics, law, economics,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.41
July 06, 2023
…at Arlington (UTA), frequent expert feature in outlines like Harvard Business Review, New York Magazine and Wall Street Journal. 12:40 p.m. – General Q&A with In-Person and Virtual Audience 1 p.m. – Networking and Robot Activities continued “We are happy to have our company and products represented at this exciting event, which is sure to deliver professionals from all sectors with actionable insights and best practices for integrating robotics solutions into their business,” said Juan Higueros, CEO of Bear Robotics. “Bear Robotics eagerly anticipates this occasion to engage in an open dialogue with esteemed peers, innovators, and researchers about the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.81
March 31, 2023
…world-class team.” Safar Partners is a seed- to growth-stage venture fund investing primarily in technology companies out of MIT, Harvard, and the University of Rochester. Safar invests in platform technologies in the cleantech and advanced materials, AI/IT and robotics, and life sciences/medical device areas. “Venti represents exactly the kind of opportunity that appeals to Safar: best-in-class technology developed by leading minds from the world's top universities working to develop innovative, implementable solutions that address real world market needs,” said Arunas Chesonis, managing partner at Safar Partners. “We enthusiastically support Venti in scaling its operations and demonstrating its value to a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.78
February 24, 2023
…million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs, according to the Harvard Business Review. Many of them have yet to return to full-time employment—if they ever do. With such a large exodus, many enterprises are turning to robots and AI. Some have touted automation as the only way to solve the workforce shortage. However, it didn't take long for companies such as Amazon and Tesla to realize that “lights-out” facilities are not necessarily as good as those with the right people. That’s why some design innovation experts are now saying that, in order for real progress to take place, businesses and societies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.21
October 28, 2022
…using Galen's robots on cadavers at Johns Hopkins and Harvard University. “Most of the training is on the touchscreen interface, and they're picking it up very quickly,” said Saunders. The company has submitted its system to the FDA for consideration and hopes to gain clearance soon, he said. Surgeons from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Stanford University, the University of California San Francisco, the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have expressed interest in using the robot after clearance. Galen’s initial indications will focus on laryngological procedures. Future clearances will expand the scope…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.34
October 03, 2022
…Center. The Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University demonstrated wearable devices for assistive and therapeutic use. “The goal is to design clothing that can aid people,” said James Arnold, a graduate student at Harvard. He showed a vest with inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors and pneumatics that can help the wearer lift an arm for everyday tasks such as brushing teeth. The Wyss Institute, a pioneer in soft robotics, also displayed a glove commercialized by Imago Rehab, which spun out of it last year. The glove was designed for neuromuscular rehabilitation. “Stroke patients can use this glove…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.73
September 30, 2022
…who has a master’s degree in computer science from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said a central debate among the robotics community is whether general-purpose robots are better than specialized ones. “Over and over, the task-specific stuff has won,” he said. Humanoid robots are far more expensive to build than more specialized models, Atkeson said. He cited vacuum cleaning robots as an example. Why would someone build a humanoid that cost as much as car when they can buy a Roomba? Androids pose design challenges There are also parts…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.03
August 15, 2022
…in 2015 by a DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT. The team said it was intent on bringing grasping intelligence powered by computer vision and applied machine learning to solve real-world problems. The company is based in Somerville, Mass. RightHand said the Gartner report shares significant findings and recommendations for customers looking to buy autonomous systems. The firm observed a strong and growing interest in robots for use in warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing environments. What is Intralogistics Smart Robotics? Gartner describes intralogistics smart robotics (ISRs) as a special class of flexible,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.12
May 17, 2022
…designed to be integrator-friendly A DARPA challenge-winning from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT founded RightHand Robotics in 2015 to apply computer vision and machine learning to real-world grasping problems. The company said its data-driven, intelligent picking platform provides flexible and scalable automation for predictable order fulfillment. RightHand said RightPick 3, its latest robotic piece-picking system, “enables retailers to rise up to the new realities of online commerce.” RightPick 3 has a modular, industrialized hardware design and well-defined software application programming interfaces (APIs), said the company. It is designed to be integrator-friendly and complies with international…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.23
April 18, 2022
…originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Harvard Medical School. The device “works by reading the faint nerve signals (myoelectric signals) from the surface of the skin (fully non-invasive, with no implants) then activating small motors to move the limb as the user intends (no electrical stimulation),” according to the company’s website. “We’re a smaller company,” said Gudonis. “We really wanted a local partner that could bring manufacturing and distribution expertise plus capital to set up operations.” He added, “They bring knowledge of the equivalent of the FDA regulatory process, and they already have existing staff and distribution…
