Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.65
June 10, 2021
…to make the parts that power our world. Enter Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF). The company was co-founded by Nicholas Fang in 2016 to improve the resolution and precision of 3D printing. Today, BMF is helping customers in the race toward ever smaller parts by offering new kinds of printers that are being used to make electronics, medical devices, microfluidic chips, and more. The company’s machines use a technology co-developed by Fang to print millimeter-sized products with details at the micron scale — objects you can see with the naked eye, but whose details you’ll likely have to squint to make…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.57
November 23, 2022
…in the Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst Cohort II. The Boston-based consortium selected the seven startups with partners Festo, Mitsubishi Electric, Novanta, and MITRE. The six-month program is intended to provide healthcare robotics companies with the connections, guidance, and resources they need to grow and succeed. “We are proud of the support that the MassRobotics community provides to the healthcare industry in forwarding robotics innovation and entrepreneurship,” stated Juan Necochea, manager of strategic partnerships at MassRobotics. “The program rests on the partner organizations and has enthusiastically piqued interest from members of our Healthcare Robotics and Biotech Working Group, including hospitals, physicians,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.22
February 05, 2024
…software at IDC and the associate director of Brown University’s Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative. He has spoken at The Economist’s World Ahead Gala and DHL Robotics Days, and he was on the qualifying teams for both the AI and robotic Avatar X-PRIZE competitions. “The robotics cluster in Massachusetts is leading the way among robotics clusters across the nation. It is a powerhouse in warehouse and logistics robotics, and has a density of unique academic programs that is unparalleled, leading the United States in per capita robotics patents,” Haas said. “If you want to design or build robots, few places can…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.20
November 06, 2022
…Blue Origin, FIRST Robotics, JPL, SenseGlove, DLR, and vRotors; universities including USC, UCLA, and IHMC; and others offered exhibits as part of the XPRIZE Tech Fair. Finalists set time records After the first day of live testing on Nov. 4, the field narrowed from 17 teams to 12, as NimbRo from the University of Bonn, Germany, took the lead by performing its tasks in under two minutes. The judges operated the robots with only an hour's training each. The other finalist teams included Pollen Robotics, Bordeaux, France AVATRINA, Urbana, Ill. I-Botics, Twente, the Netherlands Team UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea Team…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.99
June 20, 2021
…For over a decade, RobotLAB has provided schools and universities with AI LABs equipped with technologies to empower educators and engage students with robotics, coding, and programming skills. The company said it also offers a clear pathway to successful integration of robots in banks, restaurants, hospitals, hotels, senior living facilities, and other enterprise and small businesses settings. To meed different companies' needs, RobotLab is offering two hardware versions of Pepper: Pepper Premium and Pepper Premium+Nav. The two humanoid robots share the same underlying hardware, with Pepper Premium+Nav also allowing for autonomous navigation, while Pepper Premium serves stationary applications. In the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.83
July 29, 2019
Fortify, a Boston-based additive manufacturing start-up and pioneer in digital composite manufacturing (DCM), announced it has closed a $10M Series A funding led by Accel with additional participation from Neotribe, Prelude Ventures and Mainspring Capital Partners. The funding will support the launch of Fortify’s Discovery Partner Program and the growth of the Fortify team. This follows a previous seed round this year of $2.5M. Fortify’s “Fluxprint” technology combines magnetics and digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing to produce composite parts with optimized mechanical properties. This is achieved by precisely orienting reinforcement fibers throughout the parts. Founded on research in composite…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.61
April 05, 2022
…perception systems for the marine and defense industries. The Boston-based company said its software and systems work with ships, workboats, and commercial passenger vessels. Sea Machines contributes to mtu NautIQ line London-based Rolls-Royce said its expanded mtu NautIQ product range follows its strategy to be a leading marine innovator and to provide customers with complete propulsion and control solutions “from bridge to propeller.” The mtu NautIQ CoPilot, CoOperate, and CoDirect offer different levels of intelligent crew support, autonomous control, and remote command capabilities, it said. Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines claimed that mtu NautIQ CoPilot is “the most advanced intelligent pilot-assist…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.31
February 25, 2022
…formed Motional as a joint venture in 2020. The Boston-based company is developing SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles for robotaxi providers and fleet operators. It claimed that its achievements include the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and more than 100,000 public rides. In November 2021, Motional announced plans to partner with Lyft Inc. on robotaxi service in Las Vegas by 2023. Via helps cities digitize transportation The new service will combine Via's booking, routing, and mobile app technology with Motional's autonomous vehicles, fleet management software, and in-vehicle passenger experience. Via's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.29
June 28, 2021
…professor of computer science and engineering at Texas A&M University. “We need to get tools in the hands of the people who should be using them, in the first wave of emergency responders.” Murphy is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) fellow, and director of the Humanitarian Robotics and AI Laboratory. She has spoken about the role of robotics in responding to emergencies and infectious diseases, as well as the importance of human-machine interaction. Economic incentive needed for development “While many drones are being used by firefighters and law enforcement, there's not…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.24
September 30, 2022
…Xiaomi, and Engineered Arts. We also can’t forget about Boston Dynamics’ Atlas or Agility Robotics’ Digit. That’s just scratching the service of the developments going on in the humanoid space, a global market that is estimated to reach sales of $17.32 billion by 2028, according to SkyQuest Technology Consulting. What are the best uses for humanoid robots? Nancy Cooke isn’t so convinced that humanoids will take off anytime soon and is generally against the idea. She is the former president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). She has a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from New Mexico State University…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.24
December 09, 2022
…while he was a sports engineering student at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. He officially started Trajekt Sports when he graduated in 2019. The team has partnered with Rapsodo, a sports data company out of Singapore with U.S. operations out of Saint Louis, to help it collect data. Rapsodo PRO 3.0, the company’s monitor technology that monitors hitting and pitching data, is integrated into the Arc. It is also working with Boston-based Onshape, a PTC business, which provides a CAD software platform. Training the brain with robotics and data Arc features 14 motors, three high-speed cameras, has 12 degrees…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.67
November 10, 2022
…Technologies are working together on a proof-of-concept system using Boston Dynamic’s Spot for applications in the construction industry. Exyn’s 3D mapping system, ExynPak, and Trimble’s 3D scanning system, the Trimble X7, have been installed on the four-legged robot. The companies said earlier this week the combo will enable fully autonomous missions inside complex and dynamic construction environments, which can result in consistent and precise reality capture for production and quality control workflows. Autonomous robots powered by ExynAI, can sense and avoid obstacles, dynamically adapting to the ever-changing complexity of construction environments, according to Philadelphia-based Exyn Technologies. To ensure the utmost…
