Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.35
April 15, 2024
…productization. Juggernauts across diverse sectors such as operating systems, navigation software, design tools and CRM platforms initially invested immense resources to craft their own solutions before ultimately embracing market leaders like Windows, Google Maps, AutoCAD and Salesforce. Complex software systems like 3D vision localization are particularly prone to organizations underestimating the schedule and budget associated with this project, along with the staff expertise and experience needed to design a solution for scale. While there are some examples of companies that managed to productize a vision-based localization solution after massive investment, most failed to reach the finish line and often spent…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.31
January 15, 2023
…essential resource As a result of advances in sensing, navigation, motion control, and manipulation, robotics is no longer an optional tool to boost productivity. The technology has become an essential resource for reshoring U.S. operations or for helping companies to keep their doors open domestically. “Automation and robotics reduce overhead costs on labor, improve production efficiency, and allow human employees to focus on tasks that require human intelligence,” said OMRON's Choy. “In the past, companies were prevented from taking advantage of this technology due to the capital and long-term costs, in addition to a lack of expertise to integrate and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.19
September 23, 2021
…functionality for root-cause analysis, integrations, real-time teleoperation, and other navigation, as well as the recently launched Time Capsule.” InOrbit robot dashboard—Free Edition. Source: InOrbit Time Capsule delivers actionable data Time Capsule is a software-as-a-service feature that gives robot users the ability to “turn back time” to see where failures occurred. “Before Time Capsule, users had to download data, put it into a simulation, and try to glean information from it. You really needed a Ph.D. in robotics,” said Pestoni. “For people in production, this has become critical at scale. They need to understand incidents in the real world. If they…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.13
June 25, 2023
…Ehsani: This work is only with open-source LoCoBots for navigation. We've looked at some use cases for finding a specific object in the house, such as keys. In simulated environments, they’re all fully interactive. We're training mobile manipulation agents in one project, where they're moving objects and briniging or rearranging stuff. In simulation, we've seen various robot models. Do you build 3D models of each, and how does that translate back to physical robots? Ehsani: They're put into the Unity development platform. We have built a Python package on top of a ROS package to bridge the simulation-to-reality gap. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.12
March 03, 2023
…we have the visibility to move quickly and leverage benchmarks. For simulation, we're setting up thousands of benchmarks for navigation, mapping, and localization so BrainOS robots can move with confidence. You've been CTO since December 2022; what are some of your goals in your new role? Cannon: I'm keeping them to myself for now, but I want to keep our team focused. We know what we need to execute on this year, and there are lots of cool, shiny things [in the robotics space].
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.05
May 09, 2023
…mobile robot to “see its environment and make intelligent navigation decisions based on its surroundings, without prior programming or infrastructure,” the company stated. This next-generation AMR technology supports new levels of flexibility for production, logistics, and fulfillment through to retail and healthcare environments, said ABB. PixelPaint System for two-tone, decorative, and decal painting PixelPaint “revolutionizes vehicle painting technology, with 100% transfer efficiency that eliminates the need for masking and de-masking,” said ABB. The guided paint system can efficiently address the increasing demand for personalized paint designs, it noted. PixelPaint also eliminates paint wastage and cuts cycle times by approximately 50%,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.05
October 25, 2021
…when in the field,” he said. “Our communication and navigation unit contains a GSM module with a special antenna amplifying the signal, which allows to access data transmission even in those places where an ordinary mobile phone loses it.” PTZ's Kirovets K-7M tractors will be equipped with Cognitive Agro Pilot. Source: Cognitive Pilot Russia and beyond The global market for autonomous tractors will grow from 12,508 units in 2019 to 60,901 units by 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.89%, predicted Markets and Markets. The analyst firm said it expects improved efficiency and crop yields offered by…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.03
October 12, 2021
…real-time safety alerts for human-driven vehicles, and manages AMR navigation and fleets. With MAESTRO, customers can gain a real-time “panoptic view” of their floors to more effectively and safely coordinate their operations, said 634AI. The partnership is the debut of Neve Ilan, Israel-based 634AI’s technology in the U.S. market. The company will provide access to AMR fleet data, such as vehicle type and battery charge level. 634AI said the collaboration supports its vision of providing a robot- and space-agnostic system for the holistic management of work floors. “InOrbit’s agnostic approach to the management of heterogeneous fleets of autonomous mobile robots…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.98
May 17, 2022
…sensors for measuring air contamination. These sensors facilitate autonomous navigation and allow for intelligent localization and object detection. What’s more, these quadrupeds are typically flat on top, and most often allow developers to install additional payloads to run custom application software on the robot itself. Let’s take a look at five use cases where legged robots are making their presence felt in the real world: Energy Robotics Inspection Perhaps the most well-documented and widespread application of legged robots is remote inspection. Thanks to their ability to traverse rough terrain and unstructured environments, these robots are proving incredibly useful as a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.95
May 21, 2023
…mapping functions, Visual SLAM enables AMRs to make intelligent navigation decisions based on their surroundings. Solutions like these enable manufacturers to move away from traditional production lines towards integrated scalable, modular production cells, while optimizing the delivery of components across facilities. Ongoing developments in artificial intelligence are powering autonomous grasping and positioning, which will expand the range of tasks robots can perform. This greater use of AI in robotics helps with tasks like the picking of non-uniform objects, which is on prominent display at a Burrtec Waste Industries material recovery facility in Riverside, California. Here, vision- and AI-enabled ABB delta…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
March 24, 2021
…facilties and outdoor settings,” he added. “5G will help navigation systems that get blinded in the transitions between nodes. We're starting to see sensors coming down in price, so we can put them in things smaller than autonomous cars. This is also useful for unloading airplanes—people don't know how much cargo moved on passenger planes during the pandemic.” FedEx is also looking at automating the loading and unloading of containers to address labor shortages. “Today, we have over 1,000 people on ramps in Memphis offloading airplanes in severe weather,” Prather said. “If there's a lightning strike, we have to bring…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
February 28, 2022
…such as identifying objects with greater precision and informing navigation for safe maneuvering through busy facilities, all with less power consumption. And while huge jumps in AI capabilities are still to come, the autonomous behavior of AMRs—how they get from one point to another without truly knowing what goes on around them—will continue to improve. 2. 5G is coming – but maybe not as fast as anyone would like Today’s mobile robots don’t require much infrastructure, so companies can easily start with one robot. However, as soon as facilities add more robots, they must have a way to connect and…
