Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.48
October 10, 2022
BOSTON—At the Autonomous Mobile Robots and Logistics Week here, InOrbit Inc. today announced the launch of a Developer Edition of its cloud-based robot operations, or RobOps, software. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company added that it has collaborated with leading robotics developers and expanded its InOrbit Connect program. The goal is to enable end users in logistics and other industries to easily integrate systems from multiple vendors into their operations, it said. “We like to say InOrbit supports the 'three Cs' of robot orchestration: coexistence, coordination, and collaboration,” noted Florian Pestoni, co-founder and CEO of InOrbit. “When robot developers participate in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.51
July 21, 2021
…is an increasing concern for AMR providers and users. InOrbit Inc. today announced that its InOrbit Platform for cloud-based robot operations is fully compatible with robots that implement the new MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard. The standard enables different robots to share information about their speed, location, direction, status, tasking/availability, and other performance characteristics. “At InOrbit, our mission is to maximize the potential of every robot through RobOps best practices and technology,” stated Florian Pestoni, co-founder and CEO. “Third-party logistics, parcel delivery, and warehouse operators need to orchestrate robots performing different tasks, and interoperability across robot vendors is one piece of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.28
November 15, 2022
…Play also celebrated the successful partnership between Kärcher and InOrbit Inc. that it helped arrange. Florian Schoebinger, the head of startup partnerships and investments at Kärcher Silicon Valley, and Felipe Garcia Lopez, the head of robotic systems and software engineering at Kärcher, received the award on stage. Kärcher said it is a leading provider of cleaning technology. The family-owned enterprise employs 14,400 people in 78 countries and has 150 subsidiaries. It has more than 50,000 service centers around over the world. In 2021, the company achieved the highest sales in its history, with €3.092 billion ($3.2 billion U.S.). Plug and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.21
May 19, 2021
InOrbit Inc., which provides cloud-based software to help operations teams orchestrate service robots, today announced the Time Capsule feature, which gives engineering and operations staffers greater insights into their robot fleets. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said the latest upgrade to the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform captures critical data needed to understand robot autonomy exceptions, giving users the ability to “turn back time” to understand where the failures occurred and enabling them to improve productivity. InOrbit said that robots, humans, and AI working together can solve the biggest problems. No robot is perfect, noted the company. However, it is often very…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.16
May 10, 2022
…of mobile robot fleets for a variety of applications. InOrbit Inc. today announced integration with Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. to bring its real-time observability, optimization, and newly launched advanced operations capabilities to Kärcher’s autonomous cleaning machines. “Kärcher is meeting the industry need to automate in order to keep up with the demand for verifiably clean spaces,” said Marco Cardinale, vice president of floor care solutions and robotics at Kärcher. “The development of smart autonomous mobile robots like KIRA B 50 exemplifies our dedication to tackling these jobs. InOrbit is recognized as the leader in RobOps, and through this collaboration,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.71
February 06, 2023
…to be comfortable working with them. To that end, InOrbit Inc. today announced the grand opening of the InOrbit Robot Space in Mountain View, Calif. The community space, product showroom, and concept store is intended to show visitors the latest autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in action and InOrbit's cloud-based robot operations (RobOps) software. Visitors can also see robots perform tasks such as restocking merchandise and delivering customer orders. Source: InOrbit “Our goal is to demystify and raise awareness of the real-world application of robots,” said Florian Pestoni, co-founder and CEO of InOrbit. “We’re excited to exhibit robots from our partners…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.76
February 09, 2022
…configuring and managing robot operations, or RobOps, according to InOrbit. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company today announced the launch of Configuration as Code, which is intended to enable engineers to streamline development workflows with software automation best practices. “We want to create RobOps tools that solve problems, streamline processes, and can be incorporated as part of the development workflow,” said Julian Cerruti, co-founder and chief technology officer of InOrbit. “Support for Configuration as Code enables developers with the benefits precise robot configurations offer, leveraging the power of the InOrbit platform to better manage the development cycle.” InOrbit said its cloud-based,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.64
September 23, 2021
…can be difficult for busy developers and facilities operators. InOrbit Inc. today launched a Free Edition of its cloud-based robot operations, or RobOps, software. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it will help businesses scale their fleets and free them to focus on their unique differentiators. “When we've talked to customers, many think they're going to develop RobOps software in-house, but many times, they don't know how much work that is,” said Florian Pestoni, co-founder and CEO of InOrbit. “But if they're freed from spending the next six months to three years on development, they can focus on building or…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.75
October 12, 2021
…tools for scaling and managing their growing robot fleets. InOrbit has responded with its cloud-based robot operations or RobOps software. The company today announced the launch of its Developer Portal, its InOrbit Ecosystem of partners, and a collaboration with AI-based management platform provider 634AI. “Our whole reason for existence is to accelerate adoption of robotics,” said Florian Pestoni, co-founder and CEO of InOrbit. “We want to bring the community together and offer tools for it to get cranking right away.” “When you launch development tools— what's amazing for me is that you think people will use them in a certain…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.58
July 01, 2021
Shifting consumer demands and global demographic changes in the workforce have driven many businesses to quickly adopt robotics and automation for their supply chain and logistics operations. Read the whitepaper to learn: Where robots are working in the supply chain How companies are deploying robots at scale The future of multi-robotic systems How to step up your robot operations InOrbit removes the complexity from data collection, aggregation and analysis with a cloud-based platform built specifically for optimizing robot fleets ranging from a few to thousands of robots. Find out how by downloading the whitepaper.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.56
May 03, 2023
…A user sends an order to an AGV using InOrbit’s master control, which is built on the VDA5050 standard. The master control pauses the AMR when the AGV gets close to it, keeping traffic flowing. Click on image to enlarge. Source: OTTO Motors OTTO Motors collaborates on interoperability Along with InOrbit and Ekumen, OTTO Motors claimed that it has made further strides toward interoperability by being the first vendor to make its VDA 5050 connector open-source. OTTO said it enables any ROS-based AMR to be controlled by a VDA5050 Central Control—including competitors’ systems if they adopt the standard. This also…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.54
October 21, 2022
…development at Locus Robotics; and Florian Pestoni, CEO of InOrbit and co-founder of the nonprofit Robot Operations Group. MassRobotics standard provides common frame of reference The MassRobotics standard enables mobile robots to share their location and capabilities with one another, but it does not require vendors to share proprietary maps, explained Theobald during the panel. “It allows a robot to share its operational status and information about location, speed, direction, etc.,” he said. “Pre-competitive collaboration is crucial to industry growth.” As part of the AMR and Logistics Conference put on by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) in 2021, Prather…
