Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.69
April 27, 2021
…Group and working groups at the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, and MassRobotics. Meili Robots said it is developing the next generation of mobile robot fleet management, called Meili FMS. It is capable of handling different kinds of AMRs and AGVs, claimed the Copenhagen-based company. The product can help control traffic, empower interoperability, and facilitate allocation of automated tasks, said Meili.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.59
April 14, 2021
…done with inspiring students and connecting them with careers. MassRobotics this month organized two programs to address this need. Only 5% of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers in Massachusetts are African-American, 7% are Latinx, and one-third are women, according to the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. MassRobotics is dedicated to growing the Massachusetts robotics ecosystem through partnerships with business and academia. In addition to its space for robotics startups, member networking, and informative events, the organization is working with the local community and educators, said Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics. “Interest has really grown in our STEM efforts…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.96
April 12, 2021
…fully committed to interoperability and are part of the MassRobotics working group. We're trying to build it into our roadmap.” “We're able to accomplish things with Pivotal depending on the complexity of the workflow,” said Theobald. “Robots and people could do different things depending on the time of day and respond in real time to changes. None of our competitors can do that.” “While we deal with a lot of our customers directly, because they don't understand autonomous robots yet, in the long term, partnerships are needed to grow the industry,” Huerta said. “We need to have relationships with partners…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.85
April 07, 2021
…a much bigger issue, and the ARM Institute and MassRobotics are starting to think about it.” “It's not just the physical interface of contact chargers, but also some devices use 24- or 48-volt batteries, and others need charge fast or slow,” he said. “We need to deliver the right intelligence for a particular robot in the system to be able to scale up or down.” “Imagine a setup with just two different robots with a charging station each,” added Waters. “If a worker moves it for a box in a warehouse, for most systems, they then have to go into…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.14
March 26, 2021
…Source: A3 “For interoperability, we're working with groups like MassRobotics and the ARM [Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing] Institute,” he said. “The Pittsburgh Robotics Network is also a partner, and we've worked with Silicon Valley Robotics. “We're also very active internationally. A3 Mexico will roll up into A3,” Burnstein added. “We work with the VDMA [Germany's Mechanical Engeineering Industry Association], the IFR, and we have good relations with the Chinese Robotics Industry Alliance and the Chinese Machine Vision Industry Alliance.” Automate to return in 2022 “The pandemic forced us to postpone the live version of Automate to Detroit next June, rather…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.99
March 24, 2021
…as the Robot Industries Association (RIA) Interoperability Task Force, MassRobotics' Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Interoperability Working Group, and the Robot Operations Group. Surviving coronavirus disruptions and avoiding vendor lock-in Although automotive manufacturing, one of the biggest users of industrial automation, experienced a slowdown last year because of U.S. trade disputes with China and supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, many e-commerce and logistics providers have described an acceleration of demand. Increases that were predicted for five years coincided first with staffing shortages and then the need for social distancing. “A lot has changed in the past year,” acknowledged Prather.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.78
April 23, 2020
…developed by other companies. Q: What’s ahead for Vecna? A: In addition to the work we’re doing with the MassRobotics consortium to establish interoperability standards, we’re scaling with some of the world’s largest OEM manufacturers and field support partners. Through these relationships, we can have robots up and running four weeks from order; deploy them remotely; and support our customers with 24/7 live, US-based support. To date, we have proven 99% uptime for our autonomous mobile robots.
