Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.91
December 21, 2023
Tesla is showing off progress on its prototype humanoid robot named Optimus Gen 2 in a new video that shows the robot doing squats and picking up an egg. In its first public demonstration of Optimus last year, the robot appeared somewhat unsteady on its feet, according to reports, and after doing a bit of waving and lifting its legs, the robot slumped over. In the latest demo video, the newer version of Optimus walks the cybertruck factory, squats in a gym, shows off some hand movements, and picks up an egg. The grand finale is a brief segment with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.86
May 26, 2023
…financing to accelerate the development of its Figure 01 humanoid robot, build out its data pipeline for autonomous operations, and continue its commercialization efforts. “Figure's near-term goal is to deploy humanoids into the workforce, and we believe that the structured, repetitive, and often dangerous tasks in warehouses are a great potential first application,” said Brett Adcock, founder and CEO of Figure, in a press release. “This investment round will support the testing of early warehouse solutions and gives us the ability to move and iterate quickly ahead of commercial operations.” Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Figure emerged from “stealth mode” in March. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.87
May 02, 2024
…all-purpose, reusable visual robot platform that doubles as a semi-humanoid called ‘CyRo’ at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston. CyRo, powered by CynLr’s proprietary vision object intelligence stack, is a multi-arm vision guided robotic manipulator that can grasp objects it has never seen before, under extreme variable lighting conditions, require no lighting engineering and can handle complexities like reflective objects such as transparent/translucent packaging, according to the company. Multi-purpose humanoids CyRo represents a paradigm shift in robotics technology through its multi-purpose applicability in warehousing, manufacturing, lab automation, industrial kitchen and kiosk dispensing. In these industries, CyRo can be for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.68
November 06, 2024
…and simulation tools and workflows for robot developers, including humanoid developers, at the Conference for Robot Learning (CoRL) in Munich, Germany. The lineup includes the general availability of the NVIDIA Isaac Lab robot learning framework. These include six new humanoid robot learning workflows for Project Generalist Robot 00 Technology (GR00T) and new world-model development tools for video data curation and processing, including the NVIDIA Cosmos tokenizer and NVIDIA NeMo Curator for video processing. Open-source Isaac Lab can scale robot training NVIDIA Isaac Lab is an open-source robot learning framework built on NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for developing OpenUSD applications for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.36
June 04, 2024
…that I made a point of attending was the humanoid robot forum in the theater because we're holding a Humanoid Robot Forum in Memphis later this year. I really wanted to hear where the four companies that were on the panel were and it was a great discussion. I really thought it was excellent because there are a lot of us, including myself, who are skeptical about how quickly this is coming. But listening to them talk about it, they understood the skepticism and they shared it. The speakers realized that this is not going to be easy, but they…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.23
August 12, 2024
Robot Era, a Beijing-based humanoid robot startup, introduced a self-developed dexterous hand called XHand. The company says it allows for the completion of a number of everyday and industry tasks. XBot-L humanoid uses the XHand Robot Era’s XBot-L, a full-size humanoid robot, is equipped with the XHand. In the video below, XBot-L exercises its fingers, clenches and unclenches its hands, swing its arms, chucks plush toys into a box and fondles a purring cat. The robot also cuts a withered leaf from the stem of a potted plant, handles robotic gears, pumps a balloon and shoots plastic marbles. Another element…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 40.03
June 09, 2021
…Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney, Australia. More than 35,000 SoftBank Robotics systems, including the Pepper and NAO humanoids and the Whiz cleaning robots, are in use in more than 70 countries. They serve applications in retail, tourism, healthcare, finance, education, facilities management, and cleaning.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.87
June 11, 2024
Unitree Robotics recently introduced its latest humanoid robot, the Unitree G1 Humanoid agent, AI avatar. The robot comes in two models, G1 and G1 EDU, and is significantly smaller than its other humanoid robot, the H1. G1 humanoid specs The G1 is about 127 centimeters tall and weighs about 35 kilograms. It has flexibility beyond ordinary people and unlocks unlimited movement potential, according to the company. The walking speed of G1 is about 2m/s. It has a large joint movement space, with 23-43 joints, and the maximum joint torque can reach 120N.m. G1 can perform high-load dynamic movements, such as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.31
June 24, 2024
…has developed artificial muscles for high-dexterity applications such as humanoid robots and prosthetics. Mark Hammond, Elysium co-founder, said the company’s actuators can be used to produce a low-cost hand with human performance. A 27 degree-of-freedom hand can be built for under $1,000 using the company’s technology. Elysium has created a soft robotic dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) that can be mass-produced at low cost, with a performance and footprint similar to human muscle. By applying a voltage across the fibers, tension can be modulated, and size and strength controlled just like human muscles. Current actuators limited by multiple factors, co-founders say…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.36
October 11, 2024
Autonomous vehicle and humanoid robot company Tesla hosted its We, Robot event on October 10 at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif. At the event, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk highlighted that “the future is autonomous.” Musk and Tesla showcased new features of the company’s Optimus humanoid robot and unveiled two new autonomous vehicles: Robotaxi and Robovan. Optimus makes drinks, has conversations The Tesla Optimus humanoid was front and center at We, Robot. Attendees shared photos and videos on Twitter/X of Optimus pouring drinks and interacting with humans throughout the event space. In December 2023, Tesla released Optimus…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.13
December 03, 2021
…realistic. Engineered Arts Ltd. today announced Ameca, its latest humanoid robot. The Falmouth, U.K.-based company said the system is based on 20 years of innovation and includes advances in movement and natural gestures, intelligent interaction, and “future proof” software “designed to embrace artificial intelligence and computer vision with adaptive learning.” “A humanoid robot will always instil an image of what the future may hold,” said Morgan Roe, director of operations at Engineered Arts. “Ameca represents a perfect platform to explore how our machines can live with, collaborate, and enrich our lives in tomorrow’s sustainable communities.” “Ameca integrates both AI with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.86
August 23, 2023
…Apollo, which it claimed is “the world's most capable humanoid robot.” The Austin, Texas-based company said the robot is designed for friendly interaction, mass production, performance, and safety. “As labor challenges and employment trends continue to impact our economy, we need to fundamentally change the way we think about work, particularly in the warehouse and the supply chain,” said Jeff Cardenas, co-founder and CEO of Apptronik, in a release. “People don’t want to do robotic, physically demanding work in tough conditions, and they shouldn’t have to,” he added. “Humanoid robots are not just an answer to this challenge, they are…
