Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.81
November 15, 2024
Bipedal humanoid mobile manipulation robot (MMR) provider Agility Robotics recently announced motion components provider Schaeffler Group has made a minority investment in the company. In addition to the investment, the companies have signed an agreement in which Schaeffler intends to purchase humanoid robots from Agility Robotics for use across the whole global Schaeffler manufacturing and warehouse network. “We, at Schaeffler, will integrate this technology into our operations and see the potential to deploy a significant number of humanoids in our global network of 100 plants by 2030,” said Andreas Schick, Schaeffler AG COO. “We look forward to the collaboration with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.16
November 06, 2024
…motion control and trajectory generation GR00T-Dexterity for robot dexterous manipulation GR00T-Control for whole-body control GR00T-Mobility for robot locomotion and navigation GR00T-Perception for multimodal sensing “Humanoid robots are the next wave of embodied AI,” said Jim Fan, NVIDIA senior research manager of embodied AI. “NVIDIA research and engineering teams are collaborating across the company and our developer ecosystem to build Project GR00T to help advance the progress and development of global humanoid robot developers.” The new NVIDIA Project GR00T workflows are coming soon to help robot companies build humanoid robot capabilities with greater ease. Developers can apply to join the NVIDIA…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.20
October 23, 2024
…Ryder autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and the Riser mobile manipulation robot (MMR) at IMTS 2024. Greg McEntyre, Rethink Robotics VP of operations, said the company’s new robots have been under development since HAHN took over. “IMTS was the [right] timing to be able to bring our products back to the market and show everybody what we've been up to. So it was kind of purposeful to make it a surprise.” Julia Astrid Riemenschneider, Rethink Robotics VP of business development, said in response to the shortcomings of its original robots, Rethink is relaunching with respect for past market perceptions. “It was…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.75
October 17, 2024
…for advances in humanoids, from extreme mobility to bimanual manipulation. The latest generation of Atlas is the result of years of hardware/software co-design aimed at building the most capable humanoid platform, both in terms of physical capability and software interfaces for authoring whole-body behaviors. This combination, according to the companies, makes it an ideal platform for advancing the science of AI-based manipulation skills. “There has never been a more exciting time for the robotics industry, and we look forward to working with TRI to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoids,” said Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics. “This partnership is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.15
October 16, 2024
…to minimize errors and improve efficiency Force-sensitive handlebar for easy single-hand operation Whole-robot force sensing for easy manual robot manipulation Camera-based vSLAM for accurate, intelligent mapping and localization High-visibility marquees for improved understanding and instruction Instructive touch screen with intuitive UI Built-in barcode scanner Thousands of easy-to-configure shelving options Carter Pro specifications: Dimensions (WxLxH) 0.72m x 1.4m x 1.94m Max payload 100 kg (220 lbs) Operating time 18 hours Camera field of view 360°
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.21
September 14, 2024
…for machine tending, palletizing, and bin picking. Riser mobile manipulation robot combines Reacher and Ryder Rethink said its Riser MMR can allow a single AMR to serve multiple stationary cobot applications. The robot combines a Ryder AMR with a Reacher cobot and an independent, detachable battery box. Rethink said the combined MMR can allow mobile manipulation to be performed at new levels of efficiency. Reacher and Ryder each have their own battery packs, requiring separate charging. Reacher offers a 22-hour uptime. Ryder can be charged either manually or through wireless inductive charging. Each Ryder comes equipped with three or four…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.91
September 12, 2024
…twins, powerful real-time control algorithms and support for mobile manipulation. Further funding, innovation from PickNik The company, which received $2 million in a pre-seed investment round in October 2023, has expanded its MoveIt platform. “The robotics industry has sorely needed a robotics manipulation engine - the equivalent of a ‘video game engine’ - to enable innovative companies to quickly apply robotics to their industries.” said Dave Coleman, PhD, founder and chief product officer at PickNik Robotics. “Out of the box, the MoveIt Pro Runtime includes real-time object identification, force control, dynamic motion planning, and multi-step processing. The suite of intelligent…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.98
August 19, 2024
…and place pallets. To facilitate feedback to its pallet manipulation stack, Panzarella said Seegrid uses time-of-flight cameras and lidar to estimate the pose of a pallet when picking or the facility infrastructure (e.g., tables and racks) when placing. Pallets in the real-world are often damaged or presented to the AMRs with high levels of variability. Computer vision systems need to be resilient enough to tolerate these disturbances to reliably determine the position and orientation of the pallet as well as estimate the location of the fork pockets. One particular challenge Panzarella noted is occlusions, often from facility infrastructure, that blocks…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.09
August 12, 2024
…end effector for a humanoid robot to achieve object manipulation. XHand says that the hand has 12 active degrees of freedom. It boasts built-in tactile sensors, a simple transmission structure, powerful motor joints and other in-house technologies. They not only bolster motion control precision, but also contribute to smooth and reliable operation. Embedded into each fingertip of the XHand are highly sensitive array sensors that collect and generate information including the size, shape, texture, softness and force feedback of the object being grasped. The dexterous hand generates a maximum force of 80 neutrons and exceeds human capabilities in object grasping.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.70
July 14, 2024
…labor shortages. The robots operate using Chef's original food manipulation software, ChefOS. Training AI on 20 million real-world meals produced Unlike other robotics startups in the food and beverage industry, Chef's go-to market is food manufacturing - not restaurants - where the company can partially automate a food operation and add value in production to customers without requiring 100% full autonomy from the get-go. This strategy can enable Chef’s engineers to train ChefOS on real-world data accumulated from robots deployed at customer production sites in six cities across North America. To date, Chef has already completed over 20 million servings…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.48
June 27, 2024
Agility Robotics, creator of the Digit bipedal humanoid mobile manipulation robot (MMR), and pure-play contract logistics provider GXO Logistics, Inc. announced today that they have signed a multi-year agreement to begin deploying Digit in GXO’s logistics operations. The companies claim their agreement is both the industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots and first robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) deployment of humanoid robots. The agreement follows a proof-of-concept pilot in late 2023 at GXO’s warehouse for global women’s apparel retail brand SPANX outside Atlanta, Ga. “We’re building on the success of last year’s groundbreaking pilot with Agility by deploying fully operational Digit…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.05
June 26, 2024
…systems designed to enable robot companies to deploy robotic manipulation in complex and unstructured applications. “Robotic vision has undergone a revolution over the past decade and is continuing to accelerate with new AI approaches,” said Mark Skapinker, Brightspark Ventures co-founder and partner. “We expect robotic manipulation to quickly follow in the footsteps of robotic vision.” Forcen to scale beyond custom design with new development options Forcen said its technology is already moving into production for customers in surgical, logistics, and aerospace robotics. “We’re excited for our customers to announce the robots they’ve been working on with our technology,” said Robert…
