Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.87
December 19, 2018
…in 2014 by a DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT, intent on bringing grasping intelligence powered by computer vision and applied machine learning to bear on real-world problems. Related: Honeywell and Fetch Robotics Deliver Autonomous Mobile Robots to DCs Related White Papers Material Handling Industry Makes the Digital Transformation The material handling industry is in the middle of a historic digital transformation from manual to automated processes in a distribution center (DC) and fulfillment operations. Download Now! Understanding the 3Rs, Range, Rate, and Reliability, of Robotic Piece-Picking This paper describes how to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.75
April 12, 2021
…in 2015 by a DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT with the intention of applying computer vision and machine learning to real-world grasping problems. “We relaunched our site in January,” noted Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand Robotics. “It now has a stronger product focus to serve our customers. We're also partnering with companies such as SVT Robotics on software.” “The pandemic accelerated the shift from the older model of shoppers picking items to remote fulfillment centers and has put pressure on retail productivity,” he told Robotics 24/7. “Everyone…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.73
September 30, 2022
…who has a master’s degree in computer science from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said a central debate among the robotics community is whether general-purpose robots are better than specialized ones. “Over and over, the task-specific stuff has won,” he said. Humanoid robots are far more expensive to build than more specialized models, Atkeson said. He cited vacuum cleaning robots as an example. Why would someone build a humanoid that cost as much as car when they can buy a Roomba? Androids pose design challenges There are also parts…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.30
September 15, 2020
…innovation to stay ahead of the competition. Last May Harvard Business Review found that 10 times more money is spent on R&D than on advertising worldwide. Marcel Spiegel But for many traditional manufacturers, implementing digital technology into their workflows can still be seen as an insurmountable challenge, with major financial implications that are not always realistic, leaving them struggling to know how to compete. This can be particularly true of the automotive industry, largely due to the higher number of parts required in production. Leading automotive manufacturers are relying on additive manufacturing (AM) to accelerate the product development cycle and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.74
December 10, 2021
…success story is to begin with educational excellence—MIT and Harvard—and wait 200 years.' Innovation and enrepreneurship are part of our DNA and have helped us get through many an economic cycle.” With more than 350 robotics and related technology companies in the region, the Massachusetts robotics hub is one of the biggest in the world. Local companies range from best-in-class component makers and software developers to suppliers of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), collaborative robots, and surgical systems. Jay Ash addresses MassRobotics partner event. Massachusetts startups have successful year Saad noted that several MassRobotics members were acquired, raised funding, or added…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.37
June 10, 2020
…at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Verve is now looking toward commercializing the product. “Our system is technically composed of textiles and has a small motor for power that is similar to motors used in consumer robot applications. The system acts like an external muscle that applies force to your biological muscles and has integrated sensors to adjust to your movements.” Why choose soft? “We looked at how muscles were working and then joints,” Galiana says. “When moving joints, it felt like probably there would be restrictions to movement unless you had a pretty complicated…
