Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.61
September 02, 2022
…accessible, doing more and costing less to implement.” “Public perception is changing—COVID-19 drove a lot of that with job shortages,” he added. “Robotics is key to the future of productivity; there is no future of work without robots.” Founded in 2016, Apptronik spun out of the University of Texas at Austin. The Austin-based company is developing exoskeletons and the Astro humanoid robot. Cardenas spoke with Robotics 24/7 about how Amazon's recent purchase of iRobot and Apptronik's own work are showing the way to the future of robotics. Amazon iRobot acquisition an industry bellwether Amazon is one of the biggest brands…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.83
September 01, 2022
…and avoidance have largely been solved for mobile robots, perception and manipulation remain challenging for piece-picking operations. Advances in computer vision, machine learning, and end-of-arm tooling are now enabling robots to pick at human and even superhuman rates. One company focusing on successful automation of pick-and-place workflows is Material Handling Systems Inc. (MHS). The Mt. Washington, Ky.-based company spun out MHS Robotics from its research and development unit last year. Kristiyan Georgiev, R&D manager for computer vision and software engineering at MHS, spoke with Robotics 24/7 about improvements in robotic picking applications. How long have you been at MHS, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.23
August 27, 2022
…an economic measure known as the Gini index, and perceptions that AI and robots pose threats of general job loss. Shoss, who studies organizational psychology, became interested in the research through her work with the hospitality industry and the technology that’s coming to that sector, such as service robots. “We're at this point in society where there are companies making AI and robotics and marketing them for the workforce,” Shoss says. “There's a lot of potential of these technologies to help make work better by doing dangerous tasks or giving people more flexibility, but there's also some risk involved in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.21
August 20, 2022
…expect to see on an autonomous vehicle. It has perception systems such as lidar, radar and optical sensors. It has advanced GPS systems. It has a supercomputer drive-by-wire system. It also has wireless communication technology from Cisco that allows the vehicles to communicate with each other and with race control. All in all, these vehicles are about over a million dollars in terms of hardware and software and technology. Does the university raise funds through sponsorship to attain the car and all required accessories? Mitchell: Much of the hardware and software on the car is provided through sponsorships, fitting the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.27
August 19, 2022
…at VersaBuilt Robotics Piece Picking Gets Faster With Robotic Perception: Sandeep Sakharkar, CIO of GXO Logistics Other sessions include “Palletizing and the Next Frontiers for Mobile Robots.” More speakers will be announced soon, and qualified experts can still apply to participate. Register now for the Robotics Applications Conference The Robotics Applications Conference is free, and registration is now open for all sessions. Visit Robotics 24/7 for the latest news about the commercial robotics ecosystem and for more information about the one-day event. Companies can learn more about sponsorship opportunities by contacting Tom Cooney at [email protected]. About Peerless Media Founded in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.28
August 19, 2022
…chips that are used in autonomous vehicles for visual perception. Recogni said its Vision Cognition Module (VCM) system enables object detection accuracy up to 1,000 m (3,280 ft.) in real time. The onboard chip can also analyze and process multiple streams of data from the autonomous vehicle's high resolution cameras at high frame rates. The company said the Peto-op class system is able to be powered using only 25W of power. It added it was able to do this by “use of novel logarithmic computation that significantly reduces the compute power consumption, highly optimized acceleration engine particularly for 3×3 convolutions,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.69
August 18, 2022
…approach to safety, standard OEM forklift controls, and smart perception of pallets led to robots that can reach new heights. After a few weeks of tests in 2021 and a commissioning lead time of two months, the company successfully ramped up and handed over four autonomous VNAs to SSW. These robots can handle pallets up to 750 kg (1,653.4 lb.). BALYO partners for new capability To accelerate the material handling market conversion to autonomy, BALYO has entered into global partnerships with Hyster-Yale Group and KION, the parent company of Fenwick-Linde. With the new VNA robots, warehouse and supply chain managers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.25
August 11, 2022
LedderTech, a perception solutions company developing sensing technology for advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving, announced this week that it will have a presence at several upcoming shows in China and the U.S. The first show the Quebec, Canada-based company will attend will be the New Energy Vehicle International Forum 2022, which will take place from Aug. 18 to 19 in Suzhou China at the Shangri-La Hotel. The show will feature exhibitions on new vehicle technologies and designs. Hundreds of people from more than 15 countries are expected to attend. The company will give a presentation at the show titled,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.14
August 09, 2022
…said it plans to continue developing its artificial intelligence-based perception for autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS. “We're thrilled to be announcing funding that will allow us to continue to lead and innovate in the ADAS space,” said Junhwan Kim, CEO of StradVision. “We are very grateful for our partners' continued support. This year has been crucial to expanding our North American and global business, and their funding will allow us to continue to accelerate in this direction.” Founded in 2014, StradVision claimed that it is an automotive industry pioneer in AI-based vision processing. It also said it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.07
August 07, 2022
…its lights, and more, informing how we trained our perception stack to identify law enforcement vehicles,” she said. Warren added that Embark used the input to design its technology and procedure to do the following: Be broadly accessible to all law enforcement agencies without additional equipment, investment, or training Be equivalent to a conventional traffic stop in terms of availability of information and documentation Provide certainty to law enforcement officers regarding the safety of approaching the vehicle. Commercial deployments may include visual cues and information to signal to law enforcement and other first responders that an Embark-powered truck is an…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.08
August 04, 2022
…systems. It said it is doing that by “integrating perception engineering with imitation learning to create robots that can not only see but adapt.” That process involves computer vision and simulation to allow the robot to visualize and practice in a virtual environment. Earlier this summer, the company launched a crowd funding campaign to raise $8.5 million in seed capital. At the time, Miso Robotics also signed a statement of intent noting that it would become Ally’s first partner and use Ally’s robot arms for its Flippy 2 fry-cooking robot. While it is first working in the food industry, Ally…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.94
August 03, 2022
…to solve problems such as natural language understanding, 3D perception, and multisensor fusion. Jetson AGX Orin production modules. Source: NVIDIA NVIDIA to offer multiple modules The four Jetson Orin-based production modules, which NVIDIA announced at its GPU Technology Conference (GTC), are designed to offer customers a full range of server-class AI performance. The Jetson AGX Orin 32GB module is available to purchase now, while the 64GB version will be available in November. Two Orin NX production modules are coming later this year, said NVIDIA. The production systems are supported by the NVIDIA Jetson software stack, which has enabled thousands of…
