Landscaping crews operate on the principle of efficiency. But monotonous mowing tasks take away from time that they can spend performing detail tasks, such as edging and trimming or managing planters. Scythe Robotics developed its autonomous commercial mower, the M.52, to help landscapers improve their operational efficiency. With support from Scythe’s engineers, implementation team, and customer support services, landscapers can automate mowing large areas, gaining back time to complete detail work. From machine testing to customer deployment training Kali Hamilton, field robotics engineer at Scythe, said field service is primarily focused on the mechanical and electrical health of M.52 robots,…
Vention, the Montreal-based company behind the cloud-based Manufacturing Automation Platform (MAP), recently announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to bring industrial automation technology to small and medium manufacturers by using NVIDIA AI and accelerated computing to advance cloud robotics. This announcement made during COMPUTEX 2024 in Taiwan, marks a year of collaborative efforts from Vention to leverage artificial intelligence to simplify industrial automation and robotic projects, from the design of equipment up to their operations. Vention MAP looks to use NVIDIA AI to simplify UX Vention's cloud-first MAP is inherently AI-enabled, drawing on a proprietary dataset of several hundred thousand robot…
Unitree Robotics recently introduced its latest humanoid robot, the Unitree G1 Humanoid agent, AI avatar. The robot comes in two models, G1 and G1 EDU, and is significantly smaller than its other humanoid robot, the H1. G1 humanoid specs The G1 is about 127 centimeters tall and weighs about 35 kilograms. It has flexibility beyond ordinary people and unlocks unlimited movement potential, according to the company. The walking speed of G1 is about 2m/s. It has a large joint movement space, with 23-43 joints, and the maximum joint torque can reach 120N.m. G1 can perform high-load dynamic movements, such as…
At COMPUTEX in Taiwan, NVIDIA announced that major Taiwanese electronics makers are using the company’s technologies to transform their factories into more autonomous facilities with a new reference workflow. The workflow combines NVIDIA Metropolis vision AI, NVIDIA Omniverse physically based rendering and simulation and NVIDIA Isaac AI robot development and deployment. By using the workflow to build digital twins for real-time simulation of different factory layouts, manufacturers can optimize space, processes and efficiency without costly physical changes. The news came from NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote demo at COMPUTEX 2024. Electronics manufacturers adopt NVIDIA technology to build robotic…
RGo Robotics, a provider of AI-powered, location-aware artificial perception platform, recently announced the integration of NVIDIA Isaac robotics technologies into RGo Robotics platforms to help advance AI-powered automation. The companies made the announcement at COMPUTEX in Taipei. Perception Engine & NVIDIA integration RGo's Perception Engine, a deployed vision and AI offering for localization, obstacle detection and scene understanding, will integrate NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor technologies to provide advanced vison capabilities to AI-based autonomous mobile robots. This integrated software stack is compatible with the newly released NVIDIA Nova Orin Developer Kit. Using RGo's perception offering with NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor, running on NVIDIA…
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute (ARM) recently publicly released its Future of Work study. The study, previously issued to ARM Institute members, details how advanced technologies - chiefly robotics, automation, and AI - are changing the nature of manufacturing careers, as well as actions the institute expects will be needed to prepare the U.S. workforce for these changes. Manufacturing, and the development of technology to improve manufacturing, have been a source of American prosperity and national security for over a century. The introduction of disruptive technologies, which can address critical areas of need in manufacturing, are also changing the…
Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, is a busy man. In early May, over 40,000 people descended on Chicago’s McCormick Place for Automate 2024, one of the world’s largest trade shows for robotics and automation. Burnstein recently spoke to Robotics 24/7 about the show, and the state of the robotics industry as we turn the corner into the second half of 2024 and look forward to 2025. Automate 2024 recap What were your general thoughts about Automate 2024 in Chicago? It seemed like a very lively crowd with a lot of enthusiasm. Burnstein: It was our best show ever. It was…
Early-stage robotics, automation, and industrial AI venture capital firm Cybernetix Ventures recently announced a strategic partnership with the Pittsburgh Robotics Network (PRN), as part of the firm’s long-term robotics cluster engagement efforts. The partnership is a joint initiative to set up Pittsburgh’s robotics startups for success, and bring more of the cluster’s investable robotics opportunities to global markets, the firm said. Founded in 2021, Cybernetix said it works with robotics clusters around the world to elevate robotics founders and startups to the global stage, connecting them to the firm’s ecosystem of potential customers, later stage investors, financial institutions, and acquirers.…
