Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.94
April 23, 2021
…Source: Sarcos Robotics Robotics 24/7 recently covered the ANA Avatar XPRIZE, which also focuses on teleoperation. Did you consider competing? Wolff: We looked at participating but decided to keep our heads down on our core business. It's easy in robotics to get distracted, and we're focused on bringing our exoskeletons to markets such as warehousing and construction. Commercializing the Guardian exoskeleton How is Sarcos proceeding in its go-to-market strategy for the Guardian XO? Wolff: At CES 2020, we showed our Alpha model with Delta, right before the pandemic hit. We started deploying it, but most of our customers unfortunately closed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 60.37
April 16, 2021
…could be stepping stones on the way to robotic avatars that could help with disaster relief, healthcare, space exploration, and more. That's the goal of the $10 million ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition, which announced semifinalist teams earlier this month. Sponsored by All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's largest airline, the Avatar XPRIZE is a four-year global competition focused on crowdsourcing the development of systems to deploy a human user's senses, actions, and presence to a remote location in real time. The avatars must be able to execute a set of tasks across real-world scenarios and convey a sense of presence for…
