Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 55.60
August 11, 2021
…DroneDeploy yesterday said it has acquired robotics software company Rocos. San Francisco-based DroneDeploy said the acquisition will enable its customers in construction, energy, agriculture, and other industries to deploy and orchestrate both aerial and ground robots on their job sites. The purchase of Rocos will make physical workflow automation possible, creating more efficient and safer workplaces, said the company. “Companies are undergoing a digital transformation accelerated by challenges surrounding labor shortages and COVID-driven remote operations,” stated Mike Winn, co-founder and CEO of DroneDeploy. “As a result, the market demand for automatic site documentation and digital twins has soared. With the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.39
May 14, 2021
…competitive threats,” said David Inggs, co-founder and CEO of Rocos, which provides a cloud-based platform for managing robot operations. “Proofs of concept aren't about the robot or our platform as much as customers learning what they need to do in terms of software and automating physical processes. 2020 was the year of early adopters learning through trials; 2021 is the year that people scale from 10 to 20 robots to hundreds or thousands.” “Humans are great at local optimization—we know which pallet to pick first—but they're terrible at systemwide optimization,” Theobald said. “Pivotal doesn't care about what kind of work…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.07
August 21, 2021
…from vendors such as Meili Robots, Formant, InOrbit, or Rocos—not to mention some AMR vendors themselves—robotics users could deploy them within hours or days. 2. Implementation costs Along with implementation speed comes the cost difference between buying and building an FMS. These costs very much depend on your unique requirements and available resources. Take, for example, the size of your mobile robot fleet or whether or not you have in-house experts. Considering that you need at least six developers to build and maintain an FMS, the average costs of buying an existing system will account for no more than 20%…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.53
October 19, 2021
…it hits summer season,” the company said. DroneDeploy acquired Rocos in August. “We believe that all of the media and 3D data you capture on your projects, fields, and assets should be organized in one, simple, measurable source of truth,” stated DroneDeploy. “It should be laid out logically and geospatially, as you’d expect to find it in the physical world. Your team should have instant, secure access from wherever they are. Whenever they need it.” Walkthrough App now available Last year, DroneDeploy released the first version of its 360 Walkthrough product. The new Walkthrough for iOS app can help users…
