Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.48
March 30, 2023
…in the additive manufacturing industry, for which it provides ultrasonic sieving and reclaim machines. Piab said IB's portfolio will enable it to offer full powder-handling solutions, particularly in the food, pharmaceuticals, and chemical industries. IB's powder-handling expertise will join Piab's product portfolio. Source: Piab Group Piab said it expects to finalize the IB acquisition shortly, and it was also fully funded through internal sources. The global market for robotic grippers could experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9%, expanding from $1.32 billion in 2022 to $3.03 billion by 2030, according to Next Move Strategy Consulting. The research firm…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.40
January 04, 2022
…deployments includes 10 cameras, five radar modules, and numerous ultrasonic sensors, it said. Higher-performance stereo and dense optical-flow engines can provide greater depth and motion perception. The CV3 central domain controller also includes the following features: Automotive GPU for applications such as 3D surround-view rendering Hardware security module, enabling the isolation of different domains and secure software provisioning PCIe high-speed interfaces for ultra-low-latency communications Processing headroom for over-the-air (OTA) software updates and testing software stacks in shadow mode CV3 block diagram. Source: Ambarella CV3 aims for simpler perception for automakers Ambarella said its domain controller can provide greater levels of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.30
April 25, 2022
…they're willing to spend on cameras, radar, lidar, or ultrasonic. We're equipment-neutral, focusing on common interfaces to have modules switch in and out.” “Safety is paramount for all these things to avoid damage or injury,” he said. “We understand the need to strike a balance between the need to operate at speed, safety, and perception algorithms. It's important to have emergency stops and recognize when there are faults in hardware or software. When switching back and forth between manual and autonomous operations, we make sure that the vehicle vitals say it's an OK time or have it go into a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.65
January 25, 2022
…feedback, robotic manipulation of the second catheter used for ultrasonic mapping, and simulation for more efficient guidance and workflows. According to medical literature, the Genesis RMN system has been documented to improve patient care. Source: Stereotaxis BJC HealthCare also adopts RMN Like HonorHealth, BJC HealthCare recently adopted Stereotaxis' technology for arrhythmia treatment. BJC, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare organizations in the U.S., became the first provider in the Midwest to adopt the Genesis RMN system. BJC installed the system in its Missouri Baptist Medical Center and plans to install a second unit in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital at the Washington…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.54
August 31, 2018
…complex geometries of printed parts and materials. These include ultrasonic inspection, impedance-based monitoring, and thermography supported by image correlation. Although these methodologies provide insight into the quality of the printed object—offering their own set of advantages and disadvantages—no one approach has achieved dominance within the 3D printing sector. The continued advancement and development of new technologies that can help enable inspection and quality control metrics are still needed to realize broad industrial adoption of AM technologies. A New Approach This is where the technology developed by Vanderbilt University’s research team comes into play. The scientists have created a technique that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.33
July 27, 2022
…of robotic navigation system based around UWB positioning with ultrasonic and laser obstacle detection. The system will be designed to work “out of the box.” The project will further develop and repurpose an existing product that ARIN currently uses for collision avoidance in industrial environments. It aims to create a fully functioning technology that solves the problem of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). About the ARM Institute and AIM Higher Consortium The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Agreement Number W911NF-17-3-0004. Founded in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.31
September 01, 2019
…seen innovations such as canting keels, above-water movable ballast, ultrasonic wind measurement and camera/GPS integration. So while the point is not so much to produce some radical new boat design as it is to exercise the engineering process to solving these challenges, there have been incremental innovations that could be implemented on ocean drones. DE: Does WPI, or the consortium of organizers of this competition, have a particular stance on adopting an innovation that is linked to the program? What drives firms to sponsor the event and coordinate it? Stafford: WPI does not have any authority or expectation to capitalize…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.28
October 14, 2021
…- which have featured a combination of image sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and other devices – and assuming that we want to achieve the same set of specs, the cost of RGBD cameras is always lower. What sets Orbbec apart is that we have our own manufacturing line along with proprietary chips. Where some manufacturers buy supply parts and mass-assemble their cameras, Orbbec has researched and developed its own chips to create the best possible depth images for developers and businesses. This provides for a superior product and lowers the cost on large volume orders. What are the advantages of embedded…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.24
July 21, 2022
…company said. LUBA's smart obstacle avoidance relies on four ultrasonic radar sensors to detect and avoid objects as small as 5 cm (2 in.). “LUBA can automatically detect obstacles and avoid them for the remainder of the mowing session,” noted Mammotion. “The lawn mower is designed with safety in mind, and the collision-avoidance system and three bumpers help ensure LUBA automatically brakes and turns in another direction when it encounters foreign objects.” Multi-zone management efficiently maps different zones, according to the company. Users can set automated tasks in the Mammotion app for each zone, including mowing dates and times, cutting…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
August 12, 2024
…called Rapid Welding of Thermoplastic Composite Structures, robotic continuous ultrasonic welding was shown to increase the speed of induction. This project will build on the outputs from the prior project in order to scale it to production use. Fixtureless robotic assembly and manufacturing environment (FRAME) 2.0 Principal Investigator: Lockheed Martin Project Team: University of Southern California, Carnegie Mellon University, and Yaskawa Motoman Description: This project will build on the outputs from the ARM Institute-funded FRAME project. FRAME is a fixtureless high mix/low volume (HMLV) manufacturing cell with widespread applicability to both defense and commercial manufacturing challenges, highlighted by human-machine interaction…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.18
June 21, 2021
…fisheye cameras with synthetic data. Isaac Sim also supports ultrasonic sensors, force sensors, inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors, and custom lidar patterns. “Isaac Sim sends multi-camera sensors to Rviz—the ROS visualization tool,” Andrews said. “3D workflows are important for robotics and autonomous vehicles in construction and other applications.” Isaac Sim sending multi-camera sensor data to Rviz. Source: NVIDIA Synthetic data generation “Getting real-world, properly labeled data is a time-consuming and costly endeavor,” said NVIDIA. This can be particularly difficult in cases where robots or autonomous vehicles must be trained to operate safely around people, it said. In addition, the annotation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.10
October 05, 2021
…robot perceive its surroundings. Additional sensors like lidar and ultrasonic sensors (USS) are also supported in NVIDIA Isaac Sim and can be useful in some robotic applications. Synthetic data generated in Isaac Sim showing RGB, segmentation, and bounding boxes. Source: NVIDIA The other superpower of generating synthetic data is domain randomization. Domain randomization varies the parameters that define a simulated scene, such as the lighting, color, and texture of materials in the scene. One of the main objectives is to enhance ML model training by exposing the neural network to a wide variety of domain parameters in simulation. This helps…
