Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.90
November 04, 2021
…Reports World. Momenta has established partnerships with global automakers including SAIC Motor, GM, Toyota, and Mercedes-Benz, as well as NVIDIA and Tier 1 suppliers such as Bosch. The company added that it plans work closely with them to develop and deploy smart driving technology suitable for environments worldwide.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.89
October 11, 2023
…supports easy integrations with tools such as ROS 2, NVIDIA’s Isaac simulator, and Clearpath’s Outdoor Navigation. The Formant dashboard for remotely operating Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped robot. Click on image to enlarge. Source: Formant BMW i Ventures leads round BMW i Ventures led Formant's investment, with participation from new investors Intel Capital, GS Futures. Previous investors, including SignalFire, Hillsven, Pelion Ventures, Holman, Ericsson, Goodyear Ventures, PICUS Capital, and Thursday Ventures, also participated. “Autonomous robotic systems have broken free from R&D departments and are now being deployed at scale to drive business outcomes and resilient operations,” said Kasper Sage, managing partner…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.69
July 19, 2022
…vehicles. Outrider said its integrated autonomy kit includes the NVIDIA DRIVE platform for perception system processing, Ouster’s high-resolution lidar sensors for perception, and Yaskawa’s industrial robot arm for connecting and disconnecting trailer lines. Outrider has designed an autonomy-ready electric yard truck with Orange EV. The company and its customers have purchased 24 of these vehicles for expanded customer pilots and tests with the latest autonomy kit. “This is the single largest purchase of Class 8 electric vehicles specifically designed for autonomous yard operations in the industry and demonstrates how Outrider will be a catalyst for bringing thousands of zero-emission vehicles…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.35
April 13, 2021
…Ho, vice president for global business development at Segway. NVIDIA provides the processing power for Kiwibot 4.0, Pinilla said. Chick-fil-A has experienced a significant increase in delivery demand over the past year. The quick-service restaurant, as well as campus food provider Sodexo, has evaluated the effect of robots on customer experience in its partnership with Kiwibot. The company is looking for additional partners. The delivery robots are already on college campuses and the streets of Santa Monica, Calif. By May 2021, customers can use Shopify-powered portals to use Kiwibot's service in Los Angeles, Miami, Pittsburg, Detroit, and San Jose, Calif.,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.31
April 12, 2023
…at CES included systems from Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, and NVIDIA—all running the same code, said Nicholson. “Our SDK [software development kit] makes it all possible to tune the algorithms, port them, and test them on low-cost sensors,” he added. Vision, lidar, and 'living, breathing' digital twins Where does SLAMcore fall in the ongoing tug of war between lidar and vision systems? “We're not anti-lidar, but we're vision-first,” Nicholson replied. “Lidar will never be as affordable as a CMOS [complementary metal-oxide semiconductor] sensor, but we'll integrate with it. In the warehouse, if you've put down magnetic strips, you can keep using…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.22
October 30, 2023
…among the investors NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, and Capricon's Technology Impact Fund, which focuses on climate solutions, led Seurat Technologies' Series C funding. “Accelerated computing is unlocking new capabilities within the manufacturing industry, while creating a path toward sustainability,” said Mohamed “Sid” Siddeek, corporate vice president and head of NVentures. “Seurat’s green approach to manufacturing will help transform industry standards.” “Seurat’s potential to disrupt and decarbonize the traditional metal parts manufacturing industry is tremendous,” added Ion Yadigaroglu, a partner at Capricorn. “We have been impressed from the early days of the company by James and his team’s…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.96
May 06, 2024
…robot navigation, troubleshooting With AI pallet detection powered by NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin, the MiR1200 Pallet Jack uses 3D machine vision to identify, pick up, and deliver pallets. First introduced at LogiMat in Germany in March, the MiR1200 Pallet Jack can interoperate with MiR’s deck load AMRs, which the company said makes it ideal for large-scale enterprise customers who typically operate more complex workflows with larger fleets and multiple sites. MiR said its AMRs can navigate smoothly and safely among people and other transport equipment in dynamic environments, even on busy trade show floors. Sensors, 3D cameras and laser scanning…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.88
January 03, 2023
…worked with AEye, and new partners included KT Telecom, NVIDIA Metropolis, FLOW, Digiflec, Agia, and Herzog. In addition, the company offered the following: An infrastructure-based version of its SENSR-I software, which is placed on static infrastructure for both indoor and outdoor applications to deliver insights and expand AI across multiple industries. An automated obstacle-detection and warning system, Critical Asset Monitoring (CAM), equipped with Seoul Robotics’ SENSR-I and Herzog’s occupancy-detection platform to reduce railroad incidents. The intelligent traffic system (ITS) Wrong-Way Detection (WWD) product, integrated with MH Corbin’s customer reporting dashboard, that detects and alerts instances of wrong-way driving. It is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.72
May 03, 2022
…our preconfigured algorithms, an Intel RealSense camera, and an NVIDIA embedded processor, robotics developers can be up and doing SLAM in minutes,” Nicholson said. “They can move from POC to actually embedding it at scale.” “Our technology has already been proven in commercial pilots and proofs of concept with customers as diverse as Meta, which uses SLAMcore in its cutting-edge Bombyx robot, to Synaos, which uses it to retrofit autonomous location and mapping capabilities to intralogistics vehicles,” he said. “This funding will allow us to rapidly scale to meet the demand from consumer electronics, logistics, industrial, and manufacturing sector clients…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.44
March 29, 2023
…map sharing utilities. RGo has separately announced support for NVIDIA Jetson Orin System-on-Modules, enabling breakthrough visual perception for wide range of mobile robot applications. Expanded leadership team Four strategic leadership appointments include Yael Fainaro, Chief Business Officer and president; Mathieu Goy, head of European sales; Yasuaki Mori, executive consultant, APAC market development; and Amy Villeneuve as a member of the Board of Directors. “It is exciting to have reached this important milestone. The new additions to our leadership team underpin our evolution from a technology innovator to a scaling commercial business model including new geographies,” said Amir Bousani, CEO and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.28
February 28, 2023
…joined by existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Next47, IVP, DoCoMo, NVIDIA, the Walton Family Foundation, and UP.Partners. “Skydio drones are being used to save lives and aid in the maintenance of critical infrastructure in ways that sounded like science fiction just a few years ago,” noted Bastiaan Janmat, Managing Director, Linse Capital. “We couldn't be more excited to continue our partnership with Skydio as they solidify their position as the world's most innovative drone technology company.” The company also welcomed new investors Hercules Capital and Axon, a global leader in public-safety technology and a key Skydio technology partner. “Drones bring substantial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.21
September 13, 2024
…machine-tending application with new AI-based perception capabilities running on NVIDIA Jetson and Isaac acceleration libraries integrated into UR’s new PolyScope X platform. This combination enables dynamic path planning, ensuring the robot takes the most effective, collision-free paths in and out of the machine without requiring extensive user configuration. UR plans to make this technology available for a wide range of applications, including machine tending and other material handling tasks. “AI isn’t just hype,” said Ujjwal Kumar, group president of Teradyne Robotics, parent company of Universal Robots. “We’re seeing significant interest in physical AI. By adding high-performance compute hardware to our…
