Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.66
…startups. In May, Orbbec said it was collaborating with Microsoft Corp. to develop new time-of-flight imaging products. Lidar, radar, and other sensors are a large part of the expense for robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles. There has also been some market consolidation, as seen in Ouster's acquisition of Sense Photonics. David Chen, co-founder and head of engineering at Orbbec, shared with Robotics 24/7 his ambitions for the Troy, Mich.-based company's technology to fill the void left by Intel RealSense. How compatible is Orbbec's technology with existing products using Intel's RealSense? Is some customization necessary? Chen: RealSense cameras powered by semi-global…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.59
…out of the box with RA MCUs, including both Microsoft Azure RTOS and FreeRTOS. Porting micro-ROS into the Renesas RA MCUs will facilitate the adoption of this robotic framework in Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications, the companies said. The Renesas e2 studio integrated development environment (IDE), which will run on Windows and Linux-based computers, will support the micro-ROS implementation and simplify the process of using the micro-ROS client library, said Renesas. Renesas touts applications and availability “Achieving cost-effective development depends on a common platform around which hardware and software providers emerge,” said Jaime Martin Losa, CEO of eProsima.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 57.22
…developed an end-to-end architecture for autonomous mobile robots on Microsoft Azure that can enable new business applications across industries, reduce upfront costs, and allow for the rapid implementation of customer-specific use cases. “This platform sets the power of Microsoft Azure on the move by bringing it from the cloud to the edge and into highly advanced mobile robotic devices, giving them the autonomy to unlock novel business use cases,” stated Filippo Rizzante, chief technology officer of Reply. “Thanks to the agile reference architecture, we are able to implement customer-specific use cases in various industries that include all types of mobile…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 64.19
Orbbec 3D today said it is working with Microsoft Corp. to develop new products and technologies in the fast-growing 3D imaging category. The partners said they will combine Microsoft’s 3D sensor technology and Orbbec’s camera design know-how, manufacturing capabilities, and unique embedded computing technology. Founded in 2013 in Shenzhen, China, Orbbec said its Astra 3D cameras are designed to be affordable and that Orbbec Persee is “the world's first camera-computer.” The Troy, Mich.-based company said developers of robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision will be able to connecting its new sensor to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform for logistics, retail, healthcare,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.68
…derived from cloud-based robotic operations. It has worked with Microsoft for supply chain management on the Azure cloud platofrm, and it recently partnered with FoodX for grocery fulfillment. “If you start to look at certain parameters, AI can suggest where to tune things,” Dickinson said. “For example, if the total open order pool is 60% of stated throughput, there's no reason to run it at 100%, or you could reduce the speed to delay maintenance windows.” “How can we get more throughput out of fixed assets—anything that can touch items, such as lift trucks, conveyors, or operators?” he asked. “Most…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.67
…investor ecosystem with the likes of GM, Honda, and Microsoft as we work towards pioneering this emerging technology.” San Francisco-based Cruise has been developing electric, autonomous vehicles including the Origin ride-sharing vehicle. The company said it has been working for five years, with more than 2 million miles of real-world testing and 200,000 hours of simulation per day. In November 2020, Cruise and Walmart partnered to launch a self-driving delivery pilot using Cruise’s all-electric fleet in Scottsdale, Ariz. Walmart said the funding reflects its commitment to reducing carbon emissions in response to climate change. “What’s unique about Cruise is they’re…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 49.34
Microsoft Corp. today announced that it is purchasing Nuance Communications Inc. for $19.7 billion. The companies said Microsoft will combine Nuance's experience in artificial intelligence in voice interfaces and healthcare with its cloud computing offerings. Microsoft has built on its Robotics Developer Studio with support for the Robot Operating System (ROS) in Windows 10, Linux, and the Azure Web services. The software company has been focusing on industry-specific cloud/edge computing, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Its projects for intelligent robotics include “responsible conversational AI.” Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications said its conversational AI and “ambient intelligence” are used by 77% of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 51.94
…the deployment of micro-fulfillment solutions for eGrocery will use Microsoft Azure Private Edge Zones, Azure Stack Edge and Azure Sphere. They will also use Azure Data & AI to unlock insights across the digital supply chain. The Network Supply Chain model will also integrate into Microsoft’s on-premises hybrid-cloud Azure Stack Edge, which powers both the operational Nexus and robotics via integrated LTE/5G wireless communications. “The FoodX software platform is the ideal partner for Attabotics and its hardware,” said Scott Gravelle, Attabotics Founder, CEO and CTO. “The ability to save retailers time and money is more important than ever, and that’s…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 59.72
…assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) on the Microsoft cloud computing platform Azure, the company says. dSPACE will work with Microsoft to offer research and development engineers in the automotive industry an end-to-end solution that is scalable, secure, efficient and agile, dSPACE reports. The development of ADAS/AD functions relies on capturing large volumes of data from the vehicle perception sensors, buses and networks, and on generating simulated scenarios to analyze the behavior of the software, individual systems and subsystems, as well as complete, integrated systems. The incoming data has to be enriched to a usable format, and it must…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 69.31
Ansys has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to further integrate Azure cloud, HPC, digital twin and IoT services offerings. According to the company, Ansys Cloud, the underlying platform for running Ansys products in the cloud, integrates Azure cloud and HPC services with Ansys simulation technologies. New features will enable customers to use their existing software licenses and reduce modeling run times by increasing cores per job. Additionally, the company says the features will deliver price-performance improvements and incorporate customers’ existing Azure contracts. This could make it easier for larger organizations to migrate from on-premises HPC to Ansys Cloud. “As a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 91.34
AMD has announced Azure Data Explorer, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution optimized for data exploration and near real-time analytics, will now offer customers access to Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines featuring AMD EPYC processors. In a collaboration between AMD, Azure compute and Azure Data Explorer, the Azure Data Explorer service is now offering the AMD EPYC processor based Azure Dav4, Eav4, Easv4 and Lsv2 VMs for use. The family of AMD EPYC processor based Azure VMs enables Azure Data Explorer customers to gain up to 30%–50% more performance on data analytics workloads for the same cost. With this performance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.67
Rockwell Automation, Inc. and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership expansion to develop integrated, cloud-based solutions for digital transformation that will provide a single information environment connecting design, operations and maintenance. The two companies will create edge-to-cloud-based solutions that “connect information between development, operations and maintenance teams through a singular, trusted data environment,“ the companies said in a press release. This will allow development teams to digitally prototype, configure and collaborate without investing in costly physical equipment. The data environment could also enable IT and OT teams to securely access and share data models across the organization, as well as with…