Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.04
April 08, 2022
…experts: Gerard Andrews, senior product marketing manager, robotics, at NVIDIA Corp. Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Kelly Kamlager, senior director of marketing at RIOS Intelligent Machines Inc. Aaron Prather, senior technical advisor at FedEx Express A.K. Schultz, co-founder and CEO of SVT Robotics Inc. Matt Wade, head of marketing, BlueBotics SA What was the most interesting robotics offering you saw at MODEX 2022? Gerard Andrews, NVIDIA Andrews: We have a saying that “Everything that moves will be autonomous.” So for me, it was really interesting to witness this vision taking hold with the levels of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.88
April 06, 2022
…artificial intelligence solutions company, today announced it has joined NVIDIA’s Metropolis partner program. The program is designed to nurture and bring to market a new generation of applications and advancements for AI vision, according to Seoul Robotics. Seoul Robotics already uses NVIDA’s technology The Seoul, South Korea-based company relies on the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform to enable edge computing for SENSR’s deep learning algorithms. “Our perception system is built from the ground up to utilize NVIDIA GPU technologies,” said Jerone Floor, vice president of product at Seoul Robotics. “As we expose more customers to this technology, the demand for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.93
March 23, 2022
…at line speeds. Its digital twins are built on NVIDIA's recently updated Omniverse. The demonstration task performed by the robots is an integral part of operations within distribution centers of all scale, said RIOS. RIOS will showcase active workcell deployments in supply chain and manufacturing environments. The company claimed that its end-to-end robotic workcells are currently deployed in the warehousing, fulfillment, food manufacturing and production, and end-of-line packaging sectors. RIOS workcells seamlessly integrate within existing workflows. Bernard Casse, RIOS Dr. Bernard Casse, founder and CEO of RIOS: There is a real need for automation in the consumer-packaged goods industry, as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.97
March 22, 2022
…At its Spring 2022 GPU Technology Conference, or GTC, NVIDIA Corp. today announced the availability of its Jetson AGX Orin developer kit and its Isaac Nova Orin architecture for autonomous mobile robots. “Modern fulfillment centers are evolving into technical marvels — facilities operated by humans and robots working together,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. He said new processors, software, and simulation capabilities will lead to “the next wave of AI,” including robots able to “sense, plan, and act.” NVIDIA claimed its invention of the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999 “sparked the growth of the PC gaming…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.94
January 20, 2022
…for commercial trucks. The company has also partnered with NVIDIA and Intel’s Mobileye unit as it builds next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles. Mercedes to use Luminar lidar in production Mercedes-Benz said it has developed “active and passive vehicle safety measures for almost 70 years, not only for the benefit of Mercedes drivers, but also for that of other road users.” Its technologies include advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) for cruise control, distance control, steering, and changing lanes. With DRIVE PILOT, Mercedes-Benz said it will offer SAE Level 3 automated driving to customers of its luxury vehicles. In December…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.18
January 13, 2022
…emergency braking, vehicle collision avoidance, and fail-safe mechanical braking. NVIDIA, Ouster help power autonomous deliveries Serve Robotics credited key technology partners including NVIDIA Corp. and Ouster Inc. The NVIDIA Jetson platform, designed for robots and other autonomous machines, powers the AI computing necessary for Serve's robots to understand their complex environment in real time. “Serve Robotics’ accomplishment represents a breakthrough for commercial deployment of AV technology for sidewalk delivery,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management for autonomous machines and general manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We look forward to Serve continuing to leverage the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.11
January 11, 2022
…cloud-based robotics development and deployment platform now supports the NVIDIA Jetson edge platform. The Petach Tikva, Israel-based company said Nimbus allows cloud-enabled deployments to use NVIDIA's edge artificial intelligence technology for the first time. Cogniteam said it has been working with top companies on robotic mapping, navigation, and autonomous decision making. The company said Nimbus’ packaging of field-tested software, such as sensors and AI capabilities, is based on over a decade of its work with enterprise businesses. More customers are moving to NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated technologies that can be developed and deployed through the cloud, said Cogniteam. Cogniteam designs Nimbus for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.47
January 04, 2022
…depth, and the neural network classifies each pixel on NVIDIA processors, said Pell. “If the system encounters an object it doesn't recognize, the machine stops,” he explained. “Unlike an autonomous vehicle on the road, we don't need to worry about getting rear-ended when it stops, but the 40,000-lb. machine must be safe.” John Deere harvests data for farmers To use the autonomous tractor, farmers only need to transport the machine to a field and configure it for autonomous operation, said Julian Sanchez, director of emerging technology at Deere. Farmers can swipe from left to right on the John Deere Operations…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.84
January 04, 2022
…hours, robots and artificial intelligence can enable greater efficiency. NVIDIA Corp. today introduced its Isaac AMR platform, which extends the company's toolkit for building and deploying robotics applications, bringing mapping, site analytics, and fleet optimization onto NVIDIA EGX servers. “Isaac AMR is built on NVIDIA AI and Isaac Sim on Omniverse and is deployed with Fleet Command,” said Richard Kerris, vice president of Omniverse at NVIDIA. Omniverse is the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company's scalable reference development platform using multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) for 3D simulation and collaborative design. Robot fleets to benefit from optimization The number of sites deploying…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.44
January 04, 2022
…and artificial intelligence races, respectively, TuSimple Holdings Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. have expanded their partnership. TuSimple today said it has worked with NVIDIA to design and develop an advanced autonomous domain controller for its autonomous trucking systems. The autonomous domain controller (ADC) will incorporate the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system on a chip (SoC), which is designed for AI-based self-driving applications. TuSimple said the collaboration will provide computing for its autonomous driving system (ADS) and help it add autonomous trucks to its Autonomous Freight Network (AFN). “A high-performance, production-ready ADC is a critical piece to scaling our AFN, and we are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.03
January 03, 2022
…machines, as well as general manager for robotics at NVIDIA Corp., has some ideas. Gopalakrishna leads the business development team that focuses on robots, drones, the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and enterprise collaboration products. He holds a bachelor of engineering from the National Institute of Engineering in India. Before joining NVIDIA in 2016, Gopalakrishna was the global head of platform and technology strategy, leading the chief technology officer's office at Sony Mobile Communications. He was responsible for products ranging from phones, tablets, and wearables to IoT platforms. Gopalakrishna shared his thoughts with Robotics 24/7 about Santa Clara, Calif.-based NVIDIA's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.42
December 06, 2021
…to three-digit trajectories,” he added. “We're also part of NVIDIA's Inception program for AI startups.” Ottonomy develops for full autonomy “The first MVPs tested our systems November-December of 2020,” said Vijay. “The robots didn't have full teleoperation, but they had wireless e-stop [emergency stopping]. There was not one instance of needing it.” “At the same time, we realized that for safety and regulatory compliance both indoors and outdoors, we need full-fledged monitoring and control,” he noted. “Our network operations console gives an entire view of the fleet and each robot's journey, including the entire cycle of order to pickup and…
