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 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 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 30.61
May 13, 2024
Humanoid robot developer Agility Robotics recently announced a partnership with systems integrator Zion Solutions Group. Through this partnership, Zion will offer Agility’s Digit bipedal humanoid mobile manipulation robot (MMR) to the supply chain industry. While many companies have turned to automation to increase warehouse efficiency and productivity, Agility said there remain a series of tasks that are difficult to automate and nearly impossible to keep filled due to high turnover, high injury rates, and an ever-growing labor gap. Agility said its humanoid robots are designed to execute exactly these types of monotonous bulk material handling and movement tasks that connect…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.63
May 06, 2024
…“Thanks to our technology, these key requirements for the humanoid future of robotics are already a reality in industry today.” “We are thrilled to announce this next step in our partnership with NEURA,” said Olivier Welker, president and CEO of OMRON Robotics and Safety Technologies Inc. “The OMRON iCR represents our commitment to pushing the boundaries of industrial automation and driving innovation in the manufacturing sector. We are confident in our ability to deliver state-of-the-art solutions that will meet the evolving needs of our customers and further establish OMRON as a leader in automation. “ Omron and NEURA Robotics invite…
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 33.37
April 30, 2024
…recently announced it will exhibit its portfolio of customized humanoid robot bearings at the 2024 Robotics Summit and Expo in booth 234. The trade show will be held May 1-2 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA. In the robotics sector, CCTY designs motion control components and assemblies for humanoid and industrial robot applications, including rod ends, spherical plain bearings, COM bearings, bushings, and roller bearings that enable articulating joints to rotate freely and smoothly. To help robot makers develop humanoid robots that emulate the mobility and flexibility of human limbs, CCTY said it designs and manufactures…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.64
April 22, 2024
…it has retired the hydraulic version of its Atlas humanoid robot, unveiling a fully electric robot designed for real-world applications. As part of its commercialization strategy, the robot will be tested by Hyundai, which acquired a majority stake in Boston Dynamics in June 2021, for automotive manufacturing applications. Waltham, Mass.-based Boston Dynamics said the next generation of its Atlas program builds on decades of research and furthers its commitment to delivering capable, useful mobile robots solving challenges in industry today. Small group of customers to begin testing applications Following the commercial deployment of “robot dog” Spot, and similar to its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 51.99
April 01, 2024
Robot Era, a Beijing-based humanoid robot startup, announced that it will open-source its reinforcement learning (RL) framework Humanoid-Gym on GitHub. The move is intended to lower the threshold of developing RL algorithms for humanoid roboticists worldwide, providing them with a practical platform to build on to avoid “reinventing the wheels.” Reinforcement learning options on Robot Era robots Robot Era, according to the company, is one of the first players in the industry to showcase a humanoid robot's locomotion ability based on end-to-end reinforcement learning. Founded in August 2023 and incubated by Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Robot Era…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 55.16
March 22, 2024
General purpose humanoid robot developer Figure AI recently announced that it has raised $675M in Series B funding at a $2.6B valuation. Series B investors came from Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, and ARK Invest. Both Microsoft and OpenAI will collaborate with Figure to develop its robots. Figure said this investment will accelerate its timeline for commercial deployment of its humanoid robot. OpenAI collaboration aims to enhancing humanoid language processing In conjunction with its Series B investment, Figure and OpenAI have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.96
March 18, 2024
…Huang demonstrated Project GR00T, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robot learning. Project GR00T uses various new tools from the NVIDIA Isaac robotics platform to create AI for humanoid robots. “Building foundation models for general humanoid robots is one of the most exciting problems to solve in AI today,” Huang said. “The enabling technologies are coming together for leading roboticists around the world to take giant leaps toward artificial general robotics.” NVIDIA also announced a new computer for humanoid robots based on the NVIDIA Thor system-on-a-chip (SoC), and new tools for the NVIDIA Isaac robotics platform, including Isaac Lab for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.29
March 11, 2024
…and robotic form factors = such as consumer and humanoid robots. RFM-1 capabilities Specific RFM-1 capabilities include: Physics world model: RFM-1’s understanding of physics emerges from learning to generate videos. RFM-1 can predict via AI-generated videos how objects will react to robotic actions. This physics world model, powered by Covariant’s multimodal robotics dataset, improves speed and reliability by enabling robots to simulate the result of future scenarios and select the best course of action. Language-guided programming: By making robots taskable and giving them an understanding of the English language, RFM-1 enables robots and humans to collaborate and problem-solve by simply…
