Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.21
June 21, 2023
…in more 'low-tech' industries such as agriculture or construction.” ROS and simulation popular The vast majority of companies surveyed take advantage of the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS). Formant reported that 81% of those surveyed are using it. NIVDIA's Isaac Sim is the most popular simulation software, the company said. On the hardware front, 80% of those surveyed said they use custom hardware. Sixty-one percent said that at least 50% of their hardware is custom. Six percent said they use off-the-shelf parts. Looking ahead While RaaS companies have plenty of hurdles to overcome, more than half of them still are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.47
June 21, 2023
…in Germany, Gurkerl.at in Austria, Kifli.hu in Hungary and Sezamo.ro in Romania. “We are deeply committed to helping grocers increase margins,” said Jan Zizka, co-founder and CEO of Brightpick. “Rohlik’s successful pilot and planned rollout of our Brighpick solution across Europe provides further validation of our solution for grocers. They are tremendously respected in Europe and we look forward to working closely with them in this next phase of deployment.” Brightpick claimed that its fully autonomous, end-to-end system takes less than a month to deploy, enables warehouses to reduce their picking labor by 95%, and cuts costs for order fulfillment…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.07
June 21, 2023
…company's software is based on the Robot Operating System (ROS) and packaged in Web-based interface. Hikrobot rapidly integrates MOV.AI into F4-1000 Advanced intralogistics and warehouse operators are increasingly relying on automation to meet business goals, noted MOV.AI. To succeed, they require AMRs that can easily be integrated into production environments and that can rapidly adapt to changing needs, it said. Faced with these demands, Hikrobot decided that its hardware could benefit from a secure software layer that provides advanced autonomy and collaboration with systems, equipment and humans, as well as rapid deployment and frictionless updates. The Hangzhou, China-based company chose…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.79
June 12, 2023
…explore just how they might be used. NVIDIA Isaac ROS takes robots to the edge In October 2022, NVIDIA Corp. released Isaac ROS Developer Preview (DP) 2, which uses the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS 2) to enhance robot capabilities with advanced cloud and edge software. The company said its updated software included innovations and features for robustness, including an array of task management tools for AMR fleets. ROS 2 developers can use it to develop additional capabilities for their unique applications, it said. Specifically, NVIDIA's Isaac ROS includes individual packages called GEMs (Generalized Machine Learning Systems) and comprehensive pipelines…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.86
June 09, 2023
…its team of experienced engineers use the Internet of Things (IoT), the MQTT protocol, and the Robot Operating System (ROS) to design technologies that interface with a wide variety of automated equipment, electronic components, and software. Last month, ResGreen said that a Tier 1 automotive supplier had awarded it a $450,000 contract to provide 10 BigBuddy AGVs and its BotWay traffic management software. The robots will use an in-floor opportunity-charging system for continuous operation, it said.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.34
June 05, 2023
…used it to develop Autoware. Autoware is based on ROS 2 following best-in-class software engineering practices, said the Autoware Foundation. Hundreds of companies around the world are using it, with field operation tests in about 20 countries with 30 types of vehicles, said the foundation. Autonoma to integrate data, simulations AWF is working closely with Autonoma, which was founded by previous IAC competitors from Auburn University and Politecnico di Milano. Autonoma said it is integrating its vehicle dynamics, tire dynamics, sensor models, vehicle interfaces, simulation framework, and 3D racetrack environments into AWSIM, allowing the IAC teams to test the performance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.31
June 01, 2023
…through natural-language interactions with ChatGPT. Orbbec integrates with Isaac ROS Orbbec said it is also working on integrating its products into the NVIDIA Isaac ROS platform, a toolkit for AI-powered robots. Once completed, this integration will empower developers to build more capable robots using Orbbec's sensors, the company explained. Beyond the Femto Mega, Orbbec also offers industrial-grade RGB+Depth cameras to meet the stringent demands of industrial clients. These cameras deliver superior performance and reliability, making them ideal for a wide range of applications, it asserted. Not only is Orbbec a leading vision hardware supplier for intelligent robots, but it said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.30
May 30, 2023
…on the fly to any system or workflow. Unlike ROS, which is primarily targeted to the current community of roboticists, Viam is luring the engineers that birthed ChatGPT to revolutionize uncrewed systems with new mechanical tasks addressing everyday needs. Imagine generative AI prompts for SLAM, gripping, computer vision, and other highly manipulative tasks with drag-and-drop ease. Ethics and AI as a moving target Interviewing Horowitz recalled my discussion a few months back with Dr. Hal Thorsrud of Agnes Scott College in Georgia. Prof. Thorsrud teaches a novel philosophy course at this liberal arts institution on the “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.24
May 26, 2023
…management systems (WMS) and manufacturing execution systems (MES) remain. Speaking of making robots easier to use, Open Robotics released ROS 2 Iron Irwini, marking the continuing evolution of the open-source Robot Operating System from an academic tool to a framework for commercial robotics development. Intrinsic, which Alphabet acquired from Open Robotics, announced the beta version of its Flowstate product for developers. “We've seen a lot of demand in AMRs, but it's still an immature integration environment,” noted John Bubnikovich, U.S. country leader at ABB Robotics.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.79
May 19, 2023
Before a robot can navigate, it needs to know where it is. The NVIDIA Isaac™ ROS Map Localization package provides a GPU-accelerated node to find the position of the robot relative to a lidar occupancy map. In this webinar, we’ll present how this package works, and how to use it for initial localization of your robot.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.38
May 03, 2023
…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 ensures quick compatibility and accelerates global support for the standard, said the company, whose open-source code can be accessed on GitHub. OTTO Motors added that it has conducted rigorous tests to verify the functionality of VDA 5050 support in its AMRs. These tests proved that VDA 5050 compatibility can enable seamless communication and integration between AMRs and third-party controllers, it said. One of these tests was conducted by industry leader NVIDIA, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.90
April 26, 2023
…efficiency, according to NVIDIA. The mission of NVIDIA Isaac ROS has always been to empower ROS developers with the accelerated computing packages and tools needed to develop high-performance, power-efficient robotics applications. NVIDIA is also pioneering accelerated computing into ROS 2, and continuing to deliver improvements with each release. More than 20 hardware-accelerated ROS packages have been added in the past two years, with support for the latest ROS 2 distribution. The company's team worked with Open Robotics last year to include adaptation and type negotiation to improve the ROS performance on compute platforms that offer hardware accelerators. They also implemented…
