Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 54.03
April 10, 2022
Teledyne FLIR Defense last week announced that it has teamed up with MFE Inspection Solutions to integrate the FLIR MUVE C360 multi-gas detector on commercial aerial drones and Boston Dynamics Inc.’s Spot robot. The systems will enable remote monitoring of chemical threats in industrial and public safety applications, said the companies. “By deploying a chemical detector on drones and ground robots, industrial managers can identify dangerous situations from a safe distance, keeping operators out of harm’s way and speeding corrective measures,” said Dr. David Cullin, vice president and general manager of unmanned and integrated solutions at Teledyne FLIR Defense. “We’re…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 51.36
February 13, 2023
Last week, Teledyne FLIR Defense announced that it had been awarded a $13 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to make additional enhancements to its 80D SkyRaider unmanned aerial system. The U.S. will use the drones to autonomously conduct chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance missions, the company said. Teledyne FLIR Defense is part of Teledyne Technologies Inc. Teledyne FLIR Defense will integrate flight control software that enables the SkyRaider Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to autonomously fly CBRN missions currently performed by soldiers hand-carrying detection sensors into hazardous areas,” the Wilsonville, OR-based company said. Blending the new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 42.17
September 12, 2021
Plus last week announced that it will collaborate Teledyne FLIR LLC to explore the addition of thermal cameras to the sensor stack used with Plus’s Level 4 autonomous driving technology. “We are excited to be working with the team at Plus as they explore the integration of thermal cameras into their current sensor suite, creating even safer autonomous commercial vehicles,” stated Paul Clayton, general manager of components in the Industrial Technologies Segment at Teledyne FLIR. “By combining thermal imaging with visible light cameras, lidar, and radar, Plus can create more comprehensive and redundant systems, allowing these vehicles to more readily…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.90
October 07, 2022
…industrial imaging technologies. The company and its DALSA, e2v, FLIR, and Lumenera business units will also participate in informational sessions at the event. Teledyne noted that its Vision Solutions group enables its units to take advantage of one another's strengths to “provide the widest imaging technology portfolio in the world.” The company said its products and services support the aerospace industry, as well as industrial inspection, scientific research, spectroscopy, radiography and radiotherapy, and advanced microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and semiconductor systems. Teledyne DALSA focuses on digital imaging and semiconductors, and e2v provides radio frequency and healthcare systems. FLIR sells thermal cameras,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.98
April 05, 2021
…was because of Teledyne Technologies' $8 billion acquisition of FLIR Systems. The next biggest sector was transportation—mainly around autonomous cars and trucks—with more than $3.3 billion in deals. Although SAE Level 5 autonomy may still be years away, significant progress has been made as robotic taxicabs begin trials without safety drivers in several cities worldwide. Companies providing industrial automation for manufacturers raised nearly $2.7 billion in the first quarter, including some mergers with special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), a recent trand in venture capital. Additive manufacturing contributed to this total. After that was supply chain and logistics, with more than $1.7…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.75
September 28, 2020
…ARM for processors, NXP for the central compute platform, FLIR for thermal cameras, and Dataspeed for a by-wire control systems, among other functionalities. “The Capability Demonstrator mirrors the behavior of VSI Labs’ physical vehicle so that corner cases can be tested that are too rare, too dangerous, or too difficult to test in actual driving conditions,” says David Frit, senior director, Autonomous and ADAS SoCs for Siemens. The PAVE360 pre-silicon autonomous validation environments serves as a comprehensive platform for multi-supplier collaboration across the entire AV ecosystem. PAVE360 simulation capabilities go beyond processors to create digital twins that encompass everything from…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.22
November 09, 2021
…$270 million Series B round in August. Plus has other technology relationships with venture studio Good Machine and Teledyne FLIR, among other U.S.-based companies. It also announced an expansion in Europe last month.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.30
June 28, 2021
…Towers collapse, presumably at the request of local officials. FLIR Systems Inc. sent two robots and an employee to the Miami area to help with disaster response. The Chelmsford, Mass.-based company's robots also participated in efforts after the 9/11 bombings, the standoff with the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013, and responses to 2018 gas explosions, noted The Boston Globe. Teledyne Technologies Inc. acquired FLIR for about $8 billion in January. Robots can provide preventive maintenance Not only can robots help with emergency response, but they can also help prevent disasters, noted Murphy. “There exciting untold stories,” she said. “Drones are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.14
April 23, 2021
…iRobot decided to spin out Endeavor Robotics in 2016. FLIR Systems acquired Endeavor in 2019, and Teledyne Technologies bought FLIR in January 2021 for $8 billion.] Our exoskeletons are designed to meet the needs of both government and commercial customers in logistics, maintenance, and repair. Building better robots Can you give an example of the technical developments so far? Wolff: We're working with a customer on stacking boxes on shelves in a warehouse. The shelves are a little more than 5 ft. high, and the exoskeleton's wrists didn't rotate enough for that use case. We try to limit degrees of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.08
May 10, 2022
…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 11.97
March 27, 2019
…the University of California Channel Islands; Oklahoma University; Garmin; FLIR; uAvionix; Iris Automation; and Attollo Engineering. The scale model was built, in part, using Onyx 3D printing filament and carbon fiber from Markforged. According to De Reyes, a full-size aircraft is in the works and could be finished by October 2019. The aircraft is built in five sections using a composite tube frame. “The fuselage skins get beat up and damaged quite easily, so we can hang the skins off those tubes and if they get damaged they can be easily repaired or replaced in the field,” De Reyes says.…
