Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.59
August 04, 2024
…challenges to the full airport experience, including accessing shops, restaurants, accessible restroom facilities, and other amenities. “B.C. is home to incredible companies that are developing innovative technology and practical solutions that can make people’s lives better,” said Brenda Bailey, B.C. minister of jobs, economic development and innovation. “Through the Integrated Marketplace, we’re helping A&K Robotics to continue developing the tools they need to continue to grow, while supporting people living with mobility challenges access the traveling services they need.” Delivered by Innovate BC, the Integrated Marketplace works to bolster technological development in the province by linking strategic buyers from some…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.39
August 01, 2017
…may be on the horizon, too, like delivery of restaurant meals by postal services to boost its income further 5. Insourcing Deliveries An increasing number of companies are using their own or shared vehicles for last mile delivery. Traditionally, shippers weren’t in the transport business. They didn’t own or owned limited trucks or vans or vehicles, but now they’re starting to collaborate with competitors in the regional area, to utilize each others’ transportation assets. LSPs now have their own local delivery services as well. They have their own vehicles and drivers on the payroll for local, not long haul, deliveries.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.37
March 11, 2024
…applications, ranging from hospitals and homes to factories, stores, restaurants and more. “Robotics Foundation Models require access to a vast amount of high-quality multimodal data,” said Peter Chen, CEO and co-founder at Covariant. “These models require data that reflects the wide range of information a robot needs to make decisions, including text, images, video, physical measurements and robot actions.” Since 2017, Covariant’s previous AI models have enabled robots to operate in a commercially meaningful way across a diverse set of warehouse operations and industries. These robots have been able to adapt to their environment, understand the scenes they are faced…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.33
October 12, 2023
…match to build robots for outer space, farms, or restaurants,” he added. “With our whole software stack and a teach pendant, developers can be up and running in a matter of weeks.” PickNik built MoveIt Studio on its MoveIt motion-planning and manipulation software. It added that companies are already using MoveIt Studio for systems combining robot arms and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for in-situ bin picking. “With MoveIt Studio, companies can quickly prototype new behaviors in a low-code environment,” Coleman said. “Developers can customize them to the environment for pick and place, opening doors, or pushing buttons.” He noted that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.31
February 24, 2023
…greater than its parts The factories, warehouses, retailers, and restaurants of the future depend not only on increased productivity and quality, but also on finding the best combinations of people and machines. AI has a role to play here as well. “Most activities at the human-machine interface require people to do new and different things and to do things differently,” noted a 2018 Harvard Business Review survey of 1,000 companies working with AI. Consider how much computing has transformed the workplace in the past few decades. With many robotics and AI applications in the early stages of development, it would…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.26
September 29, 2020
…well as those that deal in tourism, cruise ships, restaurants, retail, and various other industries can profit from a simple solution that makes it easy to safely maximize utilization of space and still maintain the required occupancy levels. The PeopleCounter (PeCo) is a SensorApp developed by SICK that enables anonymous data processing and differentiation of people from objects over large detection areas. Based on the hardware of the MRS1000 3D LiDAR sensor, measurement data is generated as a point cloud. The integrated PeopleCounter app reliably identifies people using their contours. This means only people above the height of 1.4 meters…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.16
December 24, 2021
…latest generation of its service robot for hotels, offices, restaurants, and hospitals. “Service robots are becoming increasingly common in the hospitality and foodservice industries,” stated Steve Cousins, founder and CEO of Savioke. “Our safe, efficient robots have made more than 850,000 deliveries since 2014. What's more, they can work 24/7/365, only need to be trained once, enable service staff to spend more time with customers, and heighten employee job satisfaction.” Founded in 2014, Savioke provides autonomous service robots that it claimed work safely, securely, reliably, and contact-free in human environments. The Campbell, Calif.-based company said its systems are handling an…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.09
June 04, 2024
…I expect to even see things like retail and restaurants still popping up even stronger than I had been aware of. There’s a lot of opportunity out there. Manufacturing and cobot increased attention We’re also seeing a lot about higher investments in the manufacturing sector with automation projects. What is A3 seeing about the manufacturing industry? Burnstein: I think you're going to see continued growth in manufacturing in part because of reshoring of parts of the supply chain. I just think there's so many more opportunities in this sector. I'll tell you another thing from Automate, I was stunned by…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.82
March 19, 2022
…automation in new environments, such as construction, healthcare, laboratories, restaurants, and retail. In a future with a high prevalence of robots in workplaces, engineers and staff will need to be retrained and more robot training will be demanded in schools, colleges and universities, for the skills to program, operate and maintain robots for an automated future. 2022 part of a decade of change The trends outlined for 2022 are the latest chapter in the ongoing transformation of robotic automation which is seeing a rapid acceleration and adoption of robots across industry, said ABB. “While automation has always been about productivity…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.63
January 28, 2022
…application used lidar for scanning people in supermarkets and restaurants. It's a known application, but lidars are better than cameras for studying the behavior of people without invading their privacy. Lidar could also be used in trains and other public spaces. We host “lunch and learn” events with our engineers, who come up with ideas how lidar can be used. We've seen videos of people dancing along with music, and lidar can see the movement to a good resolution. It could help judges in a dancing competition or with training people. Where does Velodyne see itself in the evolution of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.56
January 29, 2023
…convenience stores and ingredients for corporate clients such as restaurants and even other food manufacturers. For more than 65 years, Sargento said it has continued its quest “to be the most innovative, best-loved real food company by pioneering pre-sliced cheese, vacuum packaging, resealable packaging, and production of shredded cheese and shredded cheese blends.” Freeing up space poses a challenge Although Sargento makes high-quality products, the storage and distribution of cheese can be a complicated process. As demand hs continued to increase, warehouse space became scarce, and the company began searching for a way to increase the storage capacity of its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.30
November 10, 2017
…plop us down outside the cinema or our favorite restaurant? Before we mentally hail the next air cab, let’s consider what it would actually mean if the skies were filled with swarms of miniature helicopters ferrying people to their next destination. Though drones will have many important uses in the future, I do not believe moving people around cities will, or should, be one of them. The dream of unmanned aerial transportation is not new. When Fritz Lang created the futuristic cityscape for his groundbreaking 1927 film, Metropolis, he filled its skies with vertiginous towers and compact flying vehicles. Then,…
