Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 52.64
InOrbit Inc., a provider of cloud-based robot operations, or RobOps, software, today announced an expansion to its support packages with the introduction of the Total Support bundle. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company is offering the enterprise-tier package with the Enterprise Edition of its RobOps platform. It said the bundle is designed to meet the needs of robot developers as well as enterprise companies deploying rapidly growing, multi-site, or multi-vendor robot fleets. Total Support is suitable for qualified InOrbit users that need the highest level of support and who are looking for a comprehensive way to remotely manage active robot fleets,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.71
…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 43.28
…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 24.54
…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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.90
…recently announced VDA5050 Connector developed by OTTO Motors and InOrbit. Mission Client, which is compatible with ROS 2 Humble, is available as a package in Isaac ROS GitHub and pre-integrated with the Nav2 navigation stack to assign and track navigation and other tasks on the robot. “As mobile robot deployment in the real world accelerates, interoperability is becoming increasingly critical,” said Ryan Gariepy, CTO at OTTO Motors. “Bridging VDA5050 with ROS2 as an open-source community will promote innovation in fleet management solutions while allowing robot makers to focus on differentiation.” NVIDIA Isaac ROS Performance Isaac ROS continues to deliver hardware…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.48
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 20.60
…for Mobile Robot Interoperability (MassRobotics, Vecna Robotics, Locus Robotics, InOrbit) Other sessions include: The Best of Both Worlds: The Future of AGVs and AMRs (David Northup, OTTO Motors) Smart Automation: How to Prevent a Single Point of Failure in Managing AMR Fleets (Andreas Boedenauer, Agilox) Mobile Cobots Unlock Greater Flexibility and Agility (Tim DeRosett, Brooks Automation) Assumption in AMR Behaviors: How Human Expectations Have Impacted How Robots Plan (Russell Toris, Zebra Technologies) Using Warehouse Robotics Business Intelligence to Optimize Productivity (Jason Walker, Locus Robotics) Wireless charging: Safe and Robust Power Supply for Large AMR Fleets (Matthieu Ebert, Wiferion North America)…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.63
…the same connector, rather than starting from scratch. Startup InOrbit was at the show exhibiting its cloud robot management platform, and also as one of the finalists for Automate’s Cowen Startup Challenge. Florian Pestoni, co-founder and CEO of InOrbit, explained that the company's software can help robot vendors and integrators improve the performance of what they offer to end users. New “orchestration” features in the platform, along with a partner certification program, allow organizations to use the software to avoid conflicts between different types of AMRs without competing with the fleet software from each AMR vendor. For example, InOrbit’s solution…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.67
…Challenge. Others included Aivero AS, FLX Solutions, INNOCISE GmbH, InOrbit Inc., Neurocle Inc, NINOX 360 LLC, Quotebeam Inc., Scalable Robotics Inc., and Voaige. Each of the companies nominated has raised less than $5 million since they were founded. Although there was only one winner, each of the finalists was given exhibit space on the Automate show floor. As part of the contest, each of the companies had to pitch their technologies to a panel of judges at the show. The competition was sponsored by Cowen Inc., an independent investment bank. The multinational company is based in New York. Covision Quality…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 52.50
DETROIT—At the Automate trade show here today, InOrbit Inc. launched the InOrbit Connect certification program, which is intended to make it easier for companies to connect robots to the cloud. Operations deploying robots to improve internal processes can add one system or hundreds of robots to their InOrbit accounts with one click. In addition, with a growing list of robotics providers, a free robot directory will be an invaluable industry resource, said the Mountain View, Calif.-based company. “Robots are the ultimate data-driven machines, yet it’s still hard for people to get the right insights from their robots at the right…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.17
…any residues – by using van der Waals interactions. InOrbit Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.; Booth 4355), the leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) robot operations, or RobOps—DevOps for robotics. InOrbit offers a secure, scalable, cloud-based robot management and analytics platform that enables robotics companies and their customers to develop, deploy and operate smart robots at global scale. Its platform is designed to seamlessly integrate with your existing programs and other services, bringing RobOps to scale. Neurocle Inc. (Seoul, South Korea; Booth 4455), a leading and innovative company that incorporates deep learning technology into the field of computer vision. Its software, Neuro-T,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.16
…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,…