Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.18
July 21, 2023
…automation technologies. NVIDIA Isaac Sim is built on NVIDIA Omniverse and is a simulation platform used to develop, test, and deploy robotics applications using artificial intelligence. Its robust physics engine enables detailed, realistic simulations that closely emulate real-world conditions, said NVIDIA. The simulation will be based on physics-based technical product data from automation technologies such as grippers, said SCHUNK. This will allow for “true virtual commissioning of real-world automation projects,” it said. Simulating process automation with physics-based calculations will result in more accurate visualization and optimization before a robot ever reaches a production floor, according to the companies. Automation Explorer…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.36
April 19, 2021
…and partnerships. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company also announced Omniverse Enterprise, a realistic simulated environment that can be used for entertainment and developing robots, artificial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles. “Omniverse was made to create shared virtual 3D worlds,” stated Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, during his keynote address. “Ones not unlike the science fiction metaverse described by Neal Stephenson in his early 1990s novel Snow Crash.” “Omniverse is the underlying foundation for all our simulators, including the Isaac platform, and we've added quite a few features,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, general manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We built the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.08
June 01, 2023
…Mega and other cameras with the ecosystem surrounding NVIDIA Omniverse, an open development platform for building and operating metaverse applications,” said the company in a release. “This move will enable customers using NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robotics simulation toolkit, to swiftly design their vision systems, enhancing the realism and precision of AI system design and testing.” Orbbec said claimed that it is a pioneer in 3D visual perception technology and a “full-stack” developer platform for robotics and artificial intelligence. In April, the Shenzhen, China-based company said its AI-Aided SDK Programming Guide will enable software developers to easily create code through…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.04
May 23, 2023
…access to simulation from Isaac Sim, powered by NVIDIA Omniverse. Design robots in simulation for real-world deployments READY Robotics said it is making design work easier for non-programmers, helping to validate robots and systems for accelerated deployments. The startup said it is developing Omniverse Extensions — Omniverse kit applications based on Isaac Sim — and can deploy them on the cloud. It also uses Omniverse Nucleus, the platform’s database and collaboration engine, in the cloud. Isaac Sim is NVIDIA's application framework that enables simulation training for testing out robots in virtual production lines before deployment into the real world. “Bigger…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.90
April 27, 2023
…efficiency. Built by Siemens, the demo used the NVIDIA Omniverse development platform to provide an immersive experience of the FREYR factories and follows the joint vision for an industrial metaverse unveiled last year by Siemens and NVIDIA. Siemens demonstrates with data from FREYR Siemens incorporated operational data from FREYR's factory in Norway as part of the industrial metaverse experience at its booth during Hannover Messe 2023. The event's organizers claimed that it was the world's largest industrial technology trade show. Integrating Siemens Xcelerator and NVIDIA Omniverse, the demo featured 3D representations of the infrastructure, plant, machinery, equipment, human ergonomics, safety…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.40
June 21, 2021
…new features. Isaac Sim, which is built on NVIDIA's Omniverse platform, now includes support for multiple cameras and sensors, compatibility with ROS 2, the ability to import CAD [computer-aided design] assets, and synthetic data generation and domain randomization. These features will help designers train a wide range of robots by deploying “digital twins,” where they are tested in an accurate virtual environment, said the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company. “Currently, the simulation-to-reality gap means that most developers prefer to test on hardware with only limited functionality,” said Gerard Andrews, senior product marketing manager at NVIDIA. “They had only primitive tools to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.09
January 04, 2022
…is built on NVIDIA AI and Isaac Sim on Omniverse and is deployed with Fleet Command,” said Richard Kerris, vice president of Omniverse at NVIDIA. Omniverse is the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company's scalable reference development platform using multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) for 3D simulation and collaborative design. Robot fleets to benefit from optimization The number of sites deploying autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) will increase from 9,000 in 2020 to 53,000 by 2025, estimated Interact Analysis. At the same time, supply chains have strained to keep up with accelerated e-commerce demand amid worker shortages and COVID-19 restrictions, said NVIDIA. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.50
October 05, 2021
…synthetic environments,” he said. “Using NVIDIA Isaac Sim on Omniverse, we could seamlessly import different environments from CAD tools like Trimble SketchUp. Generating perfectly labeled ground-truth synthetic data then becomes a straightforward exercise.” Office building viewed in Trimble SketchUp, a 3D modeling application. Source: NVIDIA To ensure that models work robustly, developers working on robotics and automation applications need diverse datasets that include all assets of the target environment. In case of indoors, the list might include assets such as partitions, staircases, doors, windows, and furniture. While these datasets can be constructed manually with real photographers and human labelers, that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.19
January 19, 2023
…and other foods can be a tricky challenge. With Omniverse and Isaac Sim, Soft Robotics can create 3D renderings of chicken parts with different backgrounds, like on conveyor belts or in bins, and with different lighting scenarios. The company taps into Isaac Replicator to develop synthetic data, generating hundreds of thousands of images per model and distributing that among an array of instances in the cloud. Isaac Replicator is a set of tools, APIs, and workflows for generating synthetic data using Isaac Sim. It also runs pose-estimation models to help its gripping system see the angle of the item to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.32
June 27, 2023
…Clara, Calif.-based company said. Wandelbots works with SHL, NVIDIA Omniverse Aldermaston, U.K.-based Silicon Highway (SHL) is an embedded computing distributor and an Elite member of the NVIDIA Partner Network. It is working with Dresden, Germany-based Wandelbots to demonstrate at Automatica how an industrial robot can communicate with its digital twin in NVIDIA Omniverse. Omniverse is a development platform for connecting and building metaverse applications, noted NVIDIA. It said visitors can try out this use case in NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robotics simulation and synthetic data generation tool built on Omniverse. In addition, “the new Wandelbots Operating System combines virtual and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.33
January 18, 2024
…NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robotics simulator developed on NVIDIA Omniverse, to build a simulated robotic programming environment for its aluminum hot forging production lines. This collaboration is set to enhance safety and efficiency in Toyota’s manufacturing processes. Typically, programming robotic systems for forging necessitates that the metal parts remain hot during programming, presenting significant safety challenges. With the integration of ForgeOS and NVIDIA Isaac Sim - an extensible application developed on the Omniverse platform for simulating, developing and testing robots - programming can now be accomplished in a simulated environment, eliminating the risks associated with hot parts. Safeguards in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.23
October 03, 2023
…on Jetson Nano” and “Develop, Customize and Publish in Omniverse With Extensions.” Once he learned the basics of robotics, he began experimenting with simulation in NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for building and operating 3D tools and applications based on the OpenUSD framework. “Using Omniverse for simulation, I don’t need to invest heavily in prototyping models for my robots, because I can use synthetic data generation instead,” he said. “It’s the software of the future.” Personal inspiration for innovator With the help of AI, robots, tractors, baby strollers, and even skate parks are becoming autonomous, noted NVIDIA. With this latest NVIDIA…
