Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.33
August 29, 2023
…including with Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies” and the CES “Best of Innovation” awards. ElliQ addresses loneliness epidemic In addition to the U.S. Surgeon General's warning about the loneliness “epidemic,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) recently introduced legislation to create a national policy to promote social connection. Intuition Robotics said its AI companion is designed to enhance the lives of older adults and promote healthy and independent living. ElliQ has demonstrated its ability to engage users over time and benefit the lives of older individuals with its proactive suggestions and conversational capabilities, it said. The social robot can provides support for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.33
December 07, 2022
…ElliQ, including Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and the CES Best of Innovation award. Investors in Intuition Robotics include Toyota Ventures, Samsung NEXT, iRobot, OurCrowd, and Terra Ventures, as well as venture capital firms in California, Israel, Japan, and Asia. New hardware, same price for ElliQ Intuition Robotics said its latest hardware improves on the pilot version. It includes user-interface enhancements such as simpler tablet charging, an upgraded screen, and higher-quality, far-field microphone performance. The new design does not affect ElliQ's price, Skuler told Robotics 24/7. “We wanted to continue providing new, elevated experiences for our users, and ElliQ 2.0…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.32
September 17, 2021
…America require any changes to the technology? “We have CE and FTC certification,” replied Isaksson. “We changed the power supply, but it's the same product.” “We've just opened our U.S. office, and we have equipment and a base of operations,” said Cardella. “We will go through direct sales, as well as with distribution partners for biotech, hospitals, and CROs [contract research organizations]—wherever we can find partners.” Although flowbot ONE can have different users, it is designed to be simple enough so that it doesn't require much customization, Cardella explained. “We have single, simple product that can reach broad segments,” noted…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.32
January 04, 2022
…as well as route optimizations,” said NVIDIA. Also around CES 2022, NVIDIA announced Virtual Worlds for 3D digital twins to be used in industrial design, entertainment, content creation, and communications. “More content will be made and consumed in digital worlds than in the physical world,” Kerris said. He cited the example of the “factory of the future” at BMW, which realized 30% in savings from simulating and managing its production environment as it makes 2 million cars per year. In another example, a telecommunications provider used Omniverse Enterprise to model 5G coverage, Kerris said. NVIDIA's Project Tokkio is a platform…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.30
December 01, 2022
…in the 2021 AgTech Breakthrough Awards, recognized as a CES 2022 Innovation Award Honoree, and named to the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 list. Constellation Brands is first customer Constellation Brands, a leading fine wine and craft spirits producer that claimed to be the largest beer importer in the U.S., has partnered with Monarch Tractor and purchased the first six Founder Series MK-V tractors. “We are pleased to partner with Monarch Tractor as its first customer, accelerating our deep commitment to sustainability while supporting a business driving future-forward innovation in agriculture technology,” said Robert Hanson, president of Constellation Brands’ Wine &…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.30
April 26, 2021
…corn—per second.” The X Series combines received a 2021 CES Innovation Award in the robotics category. See & Spray for sustainability Last month, Deere & Co. launched its See & Spray technology. “It has 36 cameras and 96 nozzles to apply pesticides,” Haecker said. “With computer vision and machine learning, it can identify a weed less than an inch tall and spray pesticide in an area around it.” “To use another analogy, a small pizza box is 1 sq. ft.,” he said. “At 2,000 feet-per-second coverage or one weed in 2,000 boxes, the robot could spray an area of four…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.29
September 30, 2021
…starting with Europe. “We have filed the paperwork for CE Mark and expect approval by the end of this year or early next,” Kim noted. Bobby Yazdani, founder of Cota Capital, will join Activ Surgical's board of directors. He has more than three decades of entrepreneurial experience, including more than 20 years of investing in technology companies. “The addition of seven new investors spanning the medical and technology industries is a wonderful testament to our team’s vision and work to date,” said Usen. “We are thrilled to be supported by this diverse group of investors, and we welcome Bobby to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
November 28, 2022
…International Airport (CVG) last year, Ottobot rolled out at CES. Ottonomy later demonstrated its robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) offering at AUVSI Xponential. In addition, Ottonomy this month said it is collaborating with Posten Norge AS and Holo for “first-mile” autonomous deliveries for intralogistics pickups in Norway. Robotics 24/7 spoke with Ritukar Vijay, co-founder and CEO of Ottonomy, about the company's approach to rapidly scaling up its fleet. Ottonomy identifies a problem to solve How is first-mile delivery a pain point in logistics? Vijay: Last-mile deliveries of products to end customers is important, but there are already vans doing that. The real pain…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.26
March 15, 2022
…ElliQ, including Fast Company's “Most Innovative Companies” and the CES “Best of Innovation” award. Investors in the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company, which has offices in San Francisco and Athens, include Toyota AI Ventures, Samsung NEXT, and iRobot. ElliQ actively engages with users Intuition Robotics has spent more than five years developing and beta-testing ElliQ with older adults. Combining psychology, behavioral sciences, and advanced cognitive AI capabilities, ElliQ is designed to connect older adults to their families, caregivers, and the outside world. Through acknowledgement, proactive engagement, and referencing previous conversations, ElliQ is more of a presence that accompanies seniors, as opposed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.23
January 04, 2023
…also an adjunct professor at Yeshiva University. This column is reposted with permission. Mitchell is traveling this week to CES; anyone interested in meeting can reach him on LinkedIn.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.23
April 23, 2021
…its go-to-market strategy for the Guardian XO? Wolff: At CES 2020, we showed our Alpha model with Delta, right before the pandemic hit. We started deploying it, but most of our customers unfortunately closed their facilities to third parties. Some of our units got trapped in facilities, and we had to go back to get them months later. We brought them back, took the learnings, and conducted extensive ongoing testing. There's a lot of internal testing and validation. The Guardian XO is designed for full-shift industrial use. Source: Sarcos Robotics We're completing the design of the Beta model and are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.16
May 01, 2019
…driving that will go into every next-generation Volvo. At CES 2019, suppliers Continental and ZF announced their production plans for Level 2+ systems built on NVIDIA DRIVE, with production starting as early as 2020. Mercedes-Benz also announced that its next-generation centralized computing architecture for AI in the cockpit and AI for self-driving will use NVIDIA DRIVE technology. The A8 Highway in Germany as seen in rFpro simulation software, running a test in a scenario with cones blocking off traffic. Image courtesy of rFpro. At GTC, NVIDIA unveiled its safety driving policy called the Safety Force Field (SFF). which is integrated…
