Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 49.92
April 01, 2024
…mobile robot (AMR). 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. “We believe that the built-in AI detection system is a significant improvement over older detection technologies,” said Mads Paulin, vice president of R&D at MiR. “Our approach will reduce pick-and-place cycle times, deliver best-in-class pick accuracy and allow us to continuously deliver advanced, AI-based functionality and value to our customers.” Pallet jack interoperable with MiR deck load AMRs The MiR1200 pallet jack is designed to integrate with existing MiR AMR fleets and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 49.90
August 03, 2023
…market. The updated SDK also introduces support for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin embedded systems for edge AI and robotics, said Slamcore. It claimed that the release will accelerate the integration of vision in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and enhance safety, efficiency, and return on investment (ROI) in material handling environments. “Until now, we could only offer capabilities like these on a design-by-design basis in close collaboration with our customers,” said Owen Nicholson, CEO of Slamcore, in a release. “We provide a reference neural network for identifying objects but have designed this feature with flexibility in mind. Customers can use our…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 49.83
October 20, 2022
At ROSCon 2022, NVIDIA announced the newest Isaac ROS software release, Developer Preview (DP) 2. This release includes new cloud– and edge-to-robot task management and monitoring software for autonomous mobile robot (AMR) fleets as well as additional features for ROS 2 developers. NVIDIA Isaac ROS consists of individual packages (GEMs) and complete pipelines (NITROS) for hardware-accelerated performance. In addition to performance improvements, the new release adds the following functionality: Mission Dispatch and Client: An open-source CPU package to assign and monitor tasks from a fleet management system to the robot. Mission Dispatch is a cloud-native microservice that can be integrated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.34
September 22, 2021
NVIDIA Corp. today announced that it is working with Open Robotics to improve ROS 2 performance on its Jetson platform for artificial intelligence at the edge and its GPU-based systems. The company said this initiative will enable robotics developers to more easily and quickly incorporate computer vision and machine learning functionality into systems based on the Robot Operating System (ROS). “We've been working closely with Open Robotics to bring a host of NVIDIA AI technologies to the ROS community,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management, autonomous machines, and general manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We want to make it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.21
January 08, 2024
It's been a decade since NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered the company's DGX AI supercomputer to Open AI, and at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, the smart robotics organization made another major announcement in the artificial intelligence and robotics field. Speaking in a special address at CES, NVIDIA Vice President of Robotics and Edge Computing Deepu Talla laid out a plan for the company and its partners - including Boston Dynamics, Covariant, Sanctuary AI, Unitree Robotics, Collaborative Robotics and others - to bring generative AI and robotics together. At the center of the relationship is GPU-accelerated large language models (LLMs),…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 47.23
March 22, 2022
…At its Spring 2022 GPU Technology Conference, or GTC, NVIDIA Corp. today announced the availability of its Jetson AGX Orin developer kit and its Isaac Nova Orin architecture for autonomous mobile robots. “Modern fulfillment centers are evolving into technical marvels — facilities operated by humans and robots working together,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. He said new processors, software, and simulation capabilities will lead to “the next wave of AI,” including robots able to “sense, plan, and act.” NVIDIA claimed its invention of the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999 “sparked the growth of the PC gaming…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 45.72
April 06, 2022
…artificial intelligence solutions company, today announced it has joined NVIDIA’s Metropolis partner program. The program is designed to nurture and bring to market a new generation of applications and advancements for AI vision, according to Seoul Robotics. Seoul Robotics already uses NVIDA’s technology The Seoul, South Korea-based company relies on the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform to enable edge computing for SENSR’s deep learning algorithms. “Our perception system is built from the ground up to utilize NVIDIA GPU technologies,” said Jerone Floor, vice president of product at Seoul Robotics. “As we expose more customers to this technology, the demand for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 45.04
March 25, 2019
Around noon on Monday March 18, NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC) attendees began boarding the long black buses that would shuttle them to the site of the keynote. The 15-min ride from the convention center took them to the San Jose State University's sunny campus. It was still more than an hour before the scheduled keynote, but the queue was already snaking through the grass fields, all the way to the student union building that houses the canteen. “Hey, thanks for coming out this way! We got so packed in the old place we had to get you out here.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.84
January 13, 2022
…emergency braking, vehicle collision avoidance, and fail-safe mechanical braking. NVIDIA, Ouster help power autonomous deliveries Serve Robotics credited key technology partners including NVIDIA Corp. and Ouster Inc. The NVIDIA Jetson platform, designed for robots and other autonomous machines, powers the AI computing necessary for Serve's robots to understand their complex environment in real time. “Serve Robotics’ accomplishment represents a breakthrough for commercial deployment of AV technology for sidewalk delivery,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management for autonomous machines and general manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We look forward to Serve continuing to leverage the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.93
April 19, 2021
At its GPU Technology Conference, or GTC 2021, NVIDIA Corp. last week touted new processors, software, and partnerships. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company also announced Omniverse Enterprise, a realistic simulated environment that can be used for entertainment and developing robots, artificial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles. “Omniverse was made to create shared virtual 3D worlds,” stated Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, during his keynote address. “Ones not unlike the science fiction metaverse described by Neal Stephenson in his early 1990s novel Snow Crash.” “Omniverse is the underlying foundation for all our simulators, including the Isaac platform, and we've added…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.64
April 26, 2023
…workloads with more speed and power efficiency, according to NVIDIA. The mission of NVIDIA Isaac ROS has always been to empower ROS developers with the accelerated computing packages and tools needed to develop high-performance, power-efficient robotics applications. NVIDIA is also pioneering accelerated computing into ROS 2, and continuing to deliver improvements with each release. More than 20 hardware-accelerated ROS packages have been added in the past two years, with support for the latest ROS 2 distribution. The company's team worked with Open Robotics last year to include adaptation and type negotiation to improve the ROS performance on compute platforms that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.64
August 31, 2022
…Material Flow and Logistics, or Fraunhofer IML, are using NVIDIA Omniverse for applied research in logistics for fulfillment and manufacturing. They are also using NVIDIA Isaac Sim for simulation in robot design. Fraunhofer IML's goal is to ease the transition from automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to faster-moving autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). This advancement in automation promises to significantly accelerate logistics, said the Dortmund, Germany-based institute. “We’re heading the research aspects for AMRs, and we’re looking at how we can go as fast and as safely as possible in logistics scenarios,” said Julian Eẞer, a robotics and artificial intelligence researcher at…
