Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.71
July 16, 2023
…is also highly capable for developing skills such as manipulation, locomotion and flight. Launched into open source, PhysX 5 opens the doors for development of industrial applications everywhere. Today, roboticists can access PhysX as part of Isaac Sim, built on Omniverse. The nuts and bolts of assembly simulation With effective grasping enabled, based on physics, the next step was to simulate more capable robotic maneuvering applicable to industries. Assembly is a big one. It’s an essential part of building products for automotive, electronics, aerospace, and medical industries. Assembly tasks include tightening nuts and bolts, soldering and welding, inserting electrical connections,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.61
January 05, 2022
…we shouldn't be doing, like the navigation stack or manipulation,” noted Linnell. “We partnered with PickNik Robotics for mobile manipulation, making it dead simple for users to check a box.” Interest growing in field robotics “We're seeing a lot of interest in agriculture, which has a severe labor shortage, semistructured environments, and the mechanics are relatively solved,” said Linnell. “We're working with folks like John Deere and a whole bunch of startups, as fleets double and triple. We're changing the ratio from one person behind a robot to one farmer in a truck managing four and eventally one person in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.58
April 08, 2022
…levels of autonomy displayed in robots that do mobile manipulation. From impressive autonomous forklifts to the Boston Dynamics' Stretch, it is amazing to see that these robots are now deployed in production. It is obvious that mobile manipulation presents a very hard set of problems to solve. But with all of the advancements in GPU-enabled edge AI and computing, vendors are coming up with some truly innovative and safe new robots. Kamlager: Ours, of course! The full-stack technology approach RIOS offers enables customers to go to a single provider for AI-powered robotics with robots-as-a-service [RaaS]. It seems like AGV [automated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.55
June 29, 2021
…with AutoGrasp, which combines AI-powered machine vision, grasping, and manipulation algorithms to handle a range of merchandise, including deformable items such as polybags. It can identify items to pick, place, and sort into complete customer orders. The company noted that its SORT pick-and-place robots use CORE with AutoGrasp. In addition, Kindred said it uses reinforcement learning and human-in-the-loop data methodology to continuously improve robot capabilities so that picking becomes smarter, faster, and more accurate over time. CORE with AutoGrasp can provide critical business intelligence to inform decisions and increase productivity, said the company. To meet the continued peaks in online…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.51
May 10, 2021
…orientation information to applications in computer vision and robot manipulation. Jared Glover, CEO of CapSen Robotics. Source: ARM Institute Prior to that, Glover completed his B.S. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, where he led a team developing robotic walkers. He has 20 years of research experience in robotics and computer vision and more than 500 paper citations. Glover is also on the boards of the Pittsburgh Robotics Network and the Catalyst Connection, a private non-profit that provides consulting and training services to small manufacturers in southwestern Pennsylvania. During his ARM Institute fellowship, Glover will work on the “Autonomous…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.45
March 28, 2023
…in the warehouse are some combination of mobility and manipulation. We see some new entrants, like Brightpick. How has picking changed in terms of demonstrations? Nieves: Plus One is focused on parcel picking, not eaches, like RightHand Robotics. There are a lot of different material handling applications today, like induction and depalletizing. There are other applications at the show this year, like truck loading and unloading. What are your plans for expansion? Nieves: One important way that picking has changed is that it is now a global solution. In the two years since the last ProMat [DX], we have deployed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.44
May 17, 2023
…will also show videos of a few demonstrations that are too big to take to Automate, including its mobile manipulation solution, which combines a Universal Robots arm with an AMR from Mobile Industrial Robots. The company developed that solution for a Tier 1 automotive parts customer to help it move and organize totes. For more on Automate, check out Robotics 24/7's special coverage page.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.42
December 07, 2022
…remote assistance benefits from teleoperation. Common applications where Formant is used with Kinova or other robot arms include mobile manipulation in a variety of industries such as healthcare and industrial inspections, pick and place, machine tending, light assembly, assistive devices, and research.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.27
July 09, 2018
…a vice president with IAM Robotics, calls a “mobile manipulation robot” approach. “We have a mobile platform that travels autonomously into the warehouse storage, finds the inventory locations, individually identifies objects, and picks the objects.” IAM’s units have been deployed at companies including Rochester Drug Cooperative. A recent twist on IAM Robotics’ technology is the Swift Picking Module, which functions like a flexible automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), but rather than being an enclosed storage infrastructure with an enclosed crane or other movement mechanism, it uses IAM’s mobile manipulation robots and an open shelf environment. The major advantage of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.22
April 11, 2022
Recording: April 20, 2022 at 2:00 EST
…autonomous platforms Managing mobile robots alongside other equipment Mobile manipulation and loading docks Systems operations centers and robotics as a service Register now (see below) and submit a question now, or ask it during the live broadcast. About the speakers Van Garrett Director of AMR solutions Vecna Robotics Garrett has over 30 years of experience in engineering and automation-based technology. With a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in business and education from Cambridge College, Van not only has a strong foundation to understand autonomous technologies, but he is also uniquely able…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.16
October 20, 2023
…robotic hands to demonstrate a wide range of complex manipulation skills. The results from nine Isaac Gym environments are showcased in visualizations generated using NVIDIA Omniverse. “Eureka is a unique combination of large language models and NVIDIA GPU-accelerated simulation technologies,” said Jim Fan, senior research scientist at NVIDIA, who is one of the project’s contributors. “We believe that Eureka will enable dexterous robot control and provide a new way to produce physically realistic animations for artists.” The LLM research followed recent NVIDIA Research advancements such as Voyager, an AI agent built with GPT-4 that can autonomously play Minecraft. NVIDIA Research…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.15
October 16, 2024
…to minimize errors and improve efficiency Force-sensitive handlebar for easy single-hand operation Whole-robot force sensing for easy manual robot manipulation Camera-based vSLAM for accurate, intelligent mapping and localization High-visibility marquees for improved understanding and instruction Instructive touch screen with intuitive UI Built-in barcode scanner Thousands of easy-to-configure shelving options Carter Pro specifications: Dimensions (WxLxH) 0.72m x 1.4m x 1.94m Max payload 100 kg (220 lbs) Operating time 18 hours Camera field of view 360°
