Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.59
March 31, 2022
…in 2015, PickNik said it helps organizations such as NASA, Google, Amazon, and Samsung address the technical, cost, and time challenges associated with the development of advanced robotics applications. The Boulder, Colo.-based company also supports and collaborates with the worldwide open-source robotics movement and is the lead developer of the MoveIt motion-planning framework. Sierra Space works on Dream Chaser “At Sierra Space, our mission is to build a platform in space to benefit life here on Earth,” said Steve Lindsey, chief strategy officer at Sierra Space and a former astronaut who has flown five missions for NASA. “To fulfill that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.59
March 22, 2022
…announced updates and new releases for Omniverse. “And like NASA and Amazon, we and our customers in robotics and industrial automation realize the importance of digital twins and Omniverse.” Nova Orin includes tools for simulating a robot in Isaac Sim on Omniverse. NVIDIA said it plans to offer new hardware-accelerated modules, or Isaac ROS GEMs. They are intended to enable mobile robots to visually navigate, safely avoid obstacles, and efficiently plan paths. “New simulation capabilities, available in the NVIDIA Isaac Sim April release, will help save time when building virtual environments to test and train AMRs,” said Andrews. “Using 3D…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.97
February 22, 2022
…Boulder, Colo.-based startup has partnered with organizations such as NASA, Google, Amazon, and Samsung. It said it also supports open-source robotics movement and is the lead developer of the MoveIt motion-planning software. MoveIt Studio built on ROS 2 RE2 Robotics uses MoveIt Studio to speed the integration of its RE2 Sapien and RE2 Sapien Sea Class robotic arms for new applications across multiple markets. PickNik said its software provides an intuitive user interface that allows robot operators to remotely manage complex robotic arms using “supervised autonomy.” MoveIt Studio is based on the open-source MoveIt 2 platform, which PickNik described as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.27
January 20, 2022
…today announced its newest course in partnership with Makeblock, NASA, and the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration. In “Intro to Robotics: Exploring Uncharted Territories,” students can gain and use foundational knowledge of Juni’s Scratch or Python coding courses to build and interact with Makeblock’s mBot Neo robot. “Robots are the present and future, and right now, students aren’t given enough opportunities in school to explore their power and world changing potential,” stated Vivian Shen, co-founder and CEO of Juni. “We’re launching ‘Exploring Uncharted Territories’ to help students deepen their understanding of robotics and to inspire wonder about what they might…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.78
December 17, 2021
…of our team has been together, first starting at NASA and now at Nauticus for 15 to 20 years, and I am inspired by their relentless pursuit toward this dream. Their talent and efforts are second to none, and I could not be prouder of what we have and will accomplish.” Robots address ocean ecosystem and expenses Nauticus said it operates in the $2.5 trillion ocean economy, where it targets the rapidly expanding multibillion-dollar bluetech robotics, data, and services market. Existing approaches use large vessels that can have severe drawbacks. These include operating costs that can reach as high as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.11
November 19, 2021
…the aerospace and defense industries. Having completed pilots with NASA and the U.S. Air Force, the company is now working on commercial engagements. With NASA, the company said it is working to achieve optimal efficiencies in tank design — something not easily done using traditional processes. Machina Labs is also working on its vision to create factories of the future not just on earth, but also in space. It has begun work with NASA on using its technology for in-space manufacturing as a necessary precursor to a multi-planetary future. With the U.S. Air Force, Machina Labs' technology is accelerating the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.56
November 17, 2021
…time challenges of developing robotics applications. Organizations such as NASA, Amazon, Formant, and Kindred have partnered with the company to develop robotics applications. PickNik leads MoveIt development PickNik Robotics also leads the development of the open-source MoveIt project, a widely used framework within the Robot Operating System (ROS). Companies and academics use the motion-planning software to enable robotic arms to interact with and manipulate objects. MoveIt is now used worldwide in hundreds of robots, including projects by Google, Microsoft, Fetch Robotics, Kinova, and Franka Emika. For example, robotic arms are used in space missions to repair satellites and augment astronauts…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.63
November 08, 2021
…robot to minimize hospital-related infections,” he said. “We're reaching out to a lot of commercial clients, as well as NASA and the European Space Agency.” “We're also looking at the nuclear decommissioning sector, where we identified some important use cases, such as the sorting and segregation of nuclear materials,” Hussein said. “All nuclear-powered countries have environmental challenges with waste. In the U.K., the Sellafield project, at $100 billion to $120 billion, is the biggest environmental project in Europe.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.44
October 19, 2021
…as Google, Hyundai, and Samsung solve difficult manipulation problems. NASA recently awarded PickNik an Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant for robot arm motion planning in microgravity environments. The company has also announced the development of a commercialized open-core model of MoveIt, branded MoveIt Studio. It will focus on supervised autonomy and teleoperation to provide localized autonomous action in high-latency environments with the ability to reduce operator oversight. Formant said its telemetry, analytics, planning, and real-time controls will expedite a new wave of robots for productive commercial use cases. The San Francisco-based company supports international robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) companies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.76
October 15, 2021
…“We appreciate our public-private partnership with the FAA and NASA as we work to integrate our Remotely Operated Aircraft System into the [national] airspace,” said Robert Rose, co-founder and CEO of Reliable Robotics. “We intend to bring unprecedented safety and reliability to today’s commercial aircraft.” “Close collaboration with our public institutions, strong backing from visionary investors, and keen interest within the cargo industry further accelerates our mission to expand everyone’s access to air transportation,” he added. Coatue leads round Coatue Management led Reliable Robotics' Series C round. It joined past investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, and Pathbreaker…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.47
October 11, 2021
…Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech for NASA. LEO stands 2.5 ft. tall and is equipped with two legs that have three actuated joints, along with four propeller thrusters mounted at an angle at the robot's shoulders. When a person walks, they adjust the position and orientation of their legs to cause their center of mass to move forward while the body's balance is maintained. LEONARDO. Source: Caltech LEO walks in this way as well. The propellers ensure that the robot is upright as it walks, and the leg actuators change the position of the legs to move…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.11
September 03, 2021
…eventual human missions, and demonstration of new robotics technologies. NASA's Perseverance rover sent data this week indicating that it has successfully cored its first Martian rock. The initial images showed an intact sample present in the tube, but additional images taken after the robot arm acquiried the sample were inconclusive because of poor sunlight conditions. Another round of images with better lighting will be taken before the sample processing continues, said NASA. The Perseverance mission team decided to obtain additional imagery prior to proceeding with the sealing and storing of rock samples after failing to obtain sufficient material on Aug.…
