Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.13
March 07, 2023
…with end-of-arm robot grippers that provide the perception and manipulation necessary to pick and place parcels. Key to Plus One Robotics’ effectiveness is its approach to human-in-the-loop software, it explained. Employees, remote or on-premises, can supervise multiple robots from any location, speeding the robot’s ability to handle exceptions, and enabling 24/7 operations. Users benefit from improved sorting and picking throughput by >30% while decreasing operational costs. Plus One has experienced nearly three times year-over-year growth from expanded business with existing customers and new deployments. Additionally, it has increased its adoption of the human-in-the-loop capability and RaaS offering among its parcel…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.12
January 30, 2023
…intelligence (AI) platform. It combines machine vision, grasping, and manipulation algorithms to automate the induction process for a variety of item sets, including boxes, envelopes, parcels, and packages. Because it’s powered by Kindred’s reinforcement learning-based AI algorithms, INDUCT workcells become smarter, faster, and more efficient over time, the San Francisco-based company said. At the end of the 18-month beta program, INDUCT had achieved the following performance rates: 1 million packages processed through the induction cycle 1,800 picks per hour (PPH) average throughput 2,000 PPH at its peak 95% of items processed were placed accurately onto the moving conveyor system 96%…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.09
March 18, 2024
…the building of scalable and repeatable workflows for dynamic manipulation tasks by accelerating AI model training and task programming. “Incorporating new tools for foundation model generation into the Isaac platform accelerates the development of smarter, more flexible robots that can be generalized to do many tasks,'' said Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge computing at NVIDIA. Leading robotics companies Yaskawa, Solomon, PickNik Robotics, READY Robotics, Franka Robotics, and Universal Robots, a Teradyne company, are partnering with NVIDIA to bring Isaac Manipulator to their customers. “By bringing NVIDIA AI tools and capabilities to Yaskawa's automation solutions, we're pushing the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.04
July 19, 2023
…effort will also build upon the Sarcos Outdoor Autonomous Manipulation of Photovoltaic Panels (O-AMPP) project, which is funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and aims to streamline the process of solar field construction. The robotic system is being designed to deliver, detect, lift, and place PV modules in the field with the stated goals of: Improving worker safety and productivity: The O-AMPP system will enable a smaller installation team to install modules at a substantially higher rate while optimizing safety. Improving construction speed: The O-AMPP system will enable faster installation speeds of PV modules,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.92
February 24, 2017
…fundamental programs in neuromorphic computing and robotic mobility and manipulation, and initiated and led the international DARPA Robotics Challenge. The Challenge led to significant innovation in controlling robots from a distance despite degraded communications. Dr. Pratt currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), a research and development enterprise endeavoring to create a car that is incapable of causing a crash. It also seeks to provide expanded access to cars for those who otherwise cannot drive, including seniors and those with special needs, and to develop home robots for aging society. Few people have had…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.90
May 18, 2023
…said the company decided to pivot away from mobile manipulation and previous AMRs to focus on technology that could more easily be adopted in brownfield facilities. The company decided to make that change shortly after Lance VandenBrook, who previously worked at Kiva Systems, was brought on as CEO in May 2021. “We thought, 'How do we leverage our technology and create a solution that goes into the space without making people have to build around us?' We want them to be able to get up and go and be very fluid, so person-to-goods was the right solution,” Link said. IAM…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.82
January 16, 2022
…more energy-efficient robot arms are a prerequisite for mobile manipulation. Do you see Doosan serving such tasks? Kim: Our company is trying to make our robot very familiar to everyone for easy usage. One of our major objectives is making apps that can be used by mobile phone. We've got people from Samsung and LG, and such mobile apps for easy robot control could be on the market in one or two years. We're pretty sure our robots are pretty safe, since they've passed the highest level of testing. We're working on making it happen with the software next. Doosan…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.81
June 06, 2023
…The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard defines the manipulation and performance characteristics of industrial robots and specifies how they should be tested. In Xaba and Rolleri's tests, a FARO Vantage Laser Tracker System acquired data to train the xCognition machine learning model and to validate trajectory accuracy improvements. The successful tests showed 10 times performance improvements in absolute positioning and trajectory accuracy, and five times improvements in relative positioning and trajectory accuracy, reported the partners. “Rolleri's mission is to provide the best solutions to our customers in compliance with three main requirements: quality, safety, and economic advantage,” said Fabio…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.73
June 10, 2024
…Perceptor acceleration libraries, as well as its AI robot manipulation arms, which are powered by NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator AI models. Foxconn virtual factory. Source: NVIDIA “AI and robotics are poised to revolutionize manufacturing, enhancing safety on factory floors and driving significant operational efficiencies,” said Young Liu, CEO and chairman of Foxconn. “By integrating NVIDIA Omniverse, Metropolis and Isaac into our operations, we can create sophisticated digital twins of our factories to train robots, optimizing workflows with unprecedented precision and reducing costs.” Delta Electronics, a manufacturing company in electronics and IoT-based smart green solutions, is using NVIDIA Isaac Sim, an extensible…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.71
April 12, 2023
…there's the potential for huge benefits in collaboration, mobile manipulation, and markets like agriculture.” SaaS helps avoid 'pilot purgatory' “The challenge for a lot of robotics startups is that they can get stuck in 'pilot purgatory' with big companies that need tens of thousands of robots to test deployments at scale,” Nicholson said. “We're not a consultancy, and we avoid non-recurring engineering work for hire, which investors don't like because it's not sustainable.” SLAMcore charges a recurring monthly fee per seat in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model for companies in the development phase. “We want people to move as quickly as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.58
May 10, 2023
…manual fulfillment activities that require hand-eye coordination and object manipulation. “Logistics faces the challenge of being as cost-efficient as possible,” said Kay Schiebur, member of the executive board for services at the Otto Group, in a press release. “The use of a generalist AI allows us to rethink processes that were not possible before and provides an answer to the massive shortage of workers.” “In times when handling is often outsourced to cheaper locations, we are especially happy to continue to be close to our customers and strengthen the European, and especially German business location,” he added. “The use of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.56
August 09, 2023
…collision-free picking with any gripper, and fully autonomous object manipulation. Today, Sereact serves partners across the e-commerce, manufacturing, and third-party logistics (3PL) sectors, including ZenFulfillment, Daimler Truck, Material Bank, and Schmalz. Investors see more use cases for Sereact AI Point Nine and Air Street Capital led Sereact's seed funding. Sereact also has offices in Mason Ohio and at MassRobotics in Boston. “Sereact brings a new paradigm to AI and robotics,” said Ricardo Sequerra Amram, a partner at Point Nine. “By combining vision transformers and LLMs, their solution is fast to deploy, easy to configure, and provides the critical service level…
