Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.56
January 03, 2022
…robotic capabilities as a service on an open platform. AWS IoT RoboRunner Offers Central Repository Amazon Web Services recently announced AWS IoT RoboRunner, which collects and combines data from each type of robot in a fleet and standardizes data types like facility, location, and robotic tasks in a central repository. Developers can use AWS IoT RoboRunner's APIs and software libraries to build applications on top of the centralized repository for use cases such as task orchestration, space management, and robot collaboration. “With AWS IoT RoboRunner, enterprises can improve efficiency of robotics fleets and reduce costs of running robotic operations,” said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.36
December 10, 2021
…Support for new companies also includes a recently announced AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator. Festo and MassRobotics selected the first four companies for the Healthcare Robotics Catalyst. In addition, Mitsubishi Electric and MassRobotics continued their Startup Engagement Program. Cowen Inc., a full-service investment bank and a MassRobotics partner, supported a market study around human augmentation for logistics. MassRobotics' Fady Saad (far left) with attendees at the partner event. Source: MassRobotics MassRobotics offers events to help community In 2021, MassRobotics hosted 16 events, including a two-day workship on how robotics startups can raise funding, said Saad. The collective also hosted two Demo…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.86
November 29, 2021
…event, Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of AWS IoT RoboRunner, a new service intended to make it easier for companies to build and deploy applications for robotic fleets. The unit of Amazon.com Inc. also announced the AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator in partnership with MassRobotics. AWS re:Invent, which is being held this week in Las Vegas and virtually, is Amazon Web Services' annual event featuring numerous technology announcements and user workshops. Amazon said that the AWS IoT RoadRunner and the AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator reflect its ongoing commitment to helping robotics developers, including through the AWS RoboMaker simulation service.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.13
November 14, 2021
…involves universal fleet managers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), which offers its RoboMaker product. The goal of orchestration, explained Klappich, is to more easily establish unified workflows using different robots. For instance, a larger AMR or an autonomous lift truck can bring pallets to replenish a pick area supported by another type of robot. There generally is less need for such a solution if a company is new to robotics, advised Klappich. “The need depends on the complexity of the environment,” he said. “If you are an operation just getting started with robotics and want to integrate one AMR…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.41
October 24, 2021
…generation of innovators. In addition to thousands of attendees at the IMS and more than 20,000 viewers on the AWS livestream, the IAC hosted 350 high school STEM students representing more than 50 urban, rural, and suburban school districts across Indiana. “The IAC would not be possible without the generous support of Lilly Endowment Inc. and the Indiana Economic Development Corp., which have been committed partners since the beginning,” said Energy Systems Network's Mitchell. “We know that the achievements of our IAC teams, alongside some of the best companies in the world, will certainly lead to the acceleration of Indiana’s…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.36
October 04, 2021
…Nvidia GPUs, Omniverse, etc.), data, cloud-computing platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS), new hardware and advanced engineering. Many robotics startup companies are capitalizing on this “super evolution” of technology to build more intelligent and more capable machines. In parallel, there’s another phenomenon happening in the world: a “convergence of technologies.” It means that engineers are coming up with different silver bullets — engineering different algorithms, different hardware architectures, different methods, etc. — to solve the same fundamental problems. The Perl programming language motto, “there’s more than one way to do it,” perfectly captures what is happening in the robotics space. In contrast,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.41
September 29, 2021
…and Sun World Reducing investor risk and crop waste “AWS asked us to join its flagship accelerator program, and we're also working with Wavemaker to de-risk the market and chronological risk. I breathe a lot easier.” Future Acres has raised more than $1 million on SeedInvest to date, and its campaign ends on Oct. 6. Why has investment in agricultural robotics been slow until lately? “A healthy skepticism is important,” Reddy said. “Once we can demonstrate that our technology works, we'll see an accelerated evolution in agtech unlike any we've seen in recent decades.” “From traditional agricultural investors, because of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.44
September 15, 2021
…alleviate worker shortage, says UR The American Welding Society (AWS) estimates there is currently a shortage of 50,000 welders. It expects that figure to grow to nearly 400,000 by 2024, as many of today’s welders, who are now an average age of 55, retire. Welding is no longer part of shop classes in high schools, and some of the work is extremely repetitive in nature, not work a welder wants to do, said Joe Campbell, senior manager of applications development at Universal Robots North America. For example, Super Vac produces about 100 air ventilation fans per week, each one needing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.91
September 09, 2021
…has been an integral part of Amazon Web Services (AWS) since our beginning. Today, more startups build on AWS than any other cloud provider, and many of our customers started using AWS at an early stage to help scale their business and drive innovation. For example, Lunar Outpost, a pioneer in lunar surface robotics, uses AWS RoboMaker to test and validate robotics software in a simulated lunar environment, enabling it to speed up robot delivery and reduce software bugs in deployment. Let's look at how AWS Robotics is helping robotics startups use cloud technology to establish a scalable infrastructure for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.42
July 15, 2021
…autonomous driving with its Robotic Drive Cloud offering on AWS. The Robotic Drive tooling and services are available now and can reduce development and test times, as well as total cost of ownership to customers. The partners said they can offer a tangible competitive advantage to developers of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles. “Creating this relationship will help our mutual customers accelerate their ADAS/AD [autonomous driving] programs while increasing flexibility and optimizing cost,” stated Luz G. Mauch, executive vice president for automotive at DXC Luxoft. “Together with AWS, we are moving toward a cloud offering called the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.01
June 30, 2021
…story and look at how Amazon Robotics is using AWS cloud technologies to deliver these amazing innovations. The next evolution of Amazon robots At surface level, there’s nothing new about using robots in industrial settings. People have been using them to automate undifferentiated, repetitive tasks since the mid-20th century. However, traditional robots have been limited in capability and have generally required extremely consistent conditions. A simple change in workflow or environment could mean complete reconfigurations with significant downtime on a production line, for example. In today’s fast-paced industrial facilities, at Amazon or otherwise, there are many different situations where the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.24
June 15, 2021
…work superbly across the technology industry, from Stripe to AWS, and we believe that our Usage-Based Rental model at Scythe is similar. By billing per acre mowed, our customers are able to more accurately predict their maintenance costs for properties and acquire machines at low or zero upfront cost, while Scythe has the benefit of a steady recurring revenue stream and the ability to upgrade machines in the field without being forced to support legacy machines. It’s a win-win for everyone. How much training will facilities managers or operators need to set up the mower, or is that covered under…
