Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.93
June 26, 2021
…avoid obstacles so it can be used near critical infrastructure. The Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention (A2I2) robot project was led by Rovco and supported by Innovate UK under the Industrial Strategy Research Fund. Forth Engineering, Rovco, D-RisQ, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Thales UK, and the University of Manchester participated in the research and development. The project’s goal is to develop underwater autonomous vehicles (UAVs) that can improve safety and reduce the challenges of operating in hazardous environments such as in ponds at nuclear sites. The A2I2 robot successfully completed its nuclear use-case Drop 2 trials at Forth’s Deep…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.92
November 04, 2022
…Networks Inc. unit. Ondas Networks and American Robotics together provide users in the energy, rail, mining, agriculture, and critical infrastructure markets with improved connectivity and data-collection capabilities.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
November 23, 2022
…navigate on their own without the need for costly infrastructure built into the factory floor, according to Travis Olinger, a logistics and automation engineer at DENSO. “Autonomous mobile robots were an obvious choice for our extremely dynamic environment, which we knew would require the robots to make regular route changes,” he said. “After testing AMRs from a few different vendors, we realized that MiR robots bring significant advantages in flexibility, safety and user-friendliness.” “MiR stood out from the ability to use REST API calls to communicate with the robots, the intuitive nature of the MiR Fleet software, the ease of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
May 31, 2019
…are significant and immediate given low capital expenditure & infrastructure investments, access to reliable, off-the-shelf drone hardware, and SaaS offerings for warehouse automation. API-based integration makes it easy for existing warehouse management systems to onboard autonomous drone missions and data into enterprise workflows. Capabilities such as remote drone operations over 4G/5G connections, real-time high-quality video recording, and unified dashboards can extend the use of drones to warehouse use-cases such as perimeter security, rooftop inspections, detecting leaks & corrosion, external surveillance, etc. Pioneering warehouse stakeholders have successfully concluded proof-of-concept projects on multiple use-cases eg. cycle counting, real-time inventory identification and drone…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
October 16, 2022
…vehicles (UAVs) or drones offer the promise of sustainable infrastructure, lower costs, greater vehicular safety, and higher customer satisfaction. While UAVs sound like science fiction to many outsiders, Alan Hicks, chief technology officer of Manna Drone Delivery, said his company is making it a reality today. Manna has over 35,000 grocery and pharmacy customers in Ireland. Hicks’ experience is further substantiated by a recent study that projects the drone logistics and transportation market to grow from $539 million today to $17 billion in eight years. Alan Hicks of Manna Drone Delivery described how people are using his service to order…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.90
October 07, 2018
…and the XPO Connect digital freight marketplace with multimodal infrastructure. As reported by FreightWaves, XPO has worked with 29 robotics companies and deployed 79 different types of robots across its warehouses. Other XPO robotics vendors include Massachusetts-based 6 River Systems, which has deployed more than 100 robots for XPO; and KUKA Group's Swisslog, which is said to be providing the robotics for the digital warehouse XPO is building in the U.K. for Nestle. It was unclear whether the robots will be deployed in time for the holiday rush, which may be more challenging this year as logistics and order fulfillment…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.89
August 06, 2021
…the future. The company also serves the construction and infrastructure industries. In 2017, Deere acquired Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Blue River Technology for $305 million. Blue River's “see and spray” robot uses computer vision to recognize plants, and it sprays herbicide on weeds and fertilizer on crops with similar precision to inkjet printers. This precise targeting can reduce chemical usage by more than 90%, resulting in cost savings to the farmer and fewer harmful chemicals in the soil, said the business. In cotton, Blue River said its robots can radically reduce the amount of herbicide needed to defeat resistant weeds while improving…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.88
October 29, 2021
…navigate in busy, ever-changing industrial environments without any fixed infrastructure. The company said it fuses multiple sensor inputs from cameras and 3D lidar through proprietary algorithms “to create the most reliable AMRs on the market.” Seegrid's vision-guided vehicle fleet recently collectively surpassed 6 million autonomous miles driven in customer operations without a single personnel safety incident. “Safety is a primary driver for logistics, e-commerce, and manufacturing companies to make the transition from manual lift trucks to autonomous lift trucks,” said Todd Graves, chief technology officer of Seegrid. “Safe, predictable vertical movement requires highly complex algorithms and advanced sensing—Seegrid is uniquely…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.88
December 19, 2018
…a single day without integration requirements or changes to infrastructure. Melonee Wise, CEO, Fetch Robotics: “We are committed to helping customers achieve their productivity goals by providing on-demand automation that enables a wide range of flexible and safe AMRs to be rapidly deployed. We fully expect our relationship with Honeywell Intelligrated to help accelerate the adoption of our cloud robotics solution within the logistics and manufacturing verticals.” Companies are increasingly turning to robotics to gain competitive advantage in the supply chain, with adoption expected to rise from 34 to 73 percent over the next five years, according to a survey…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.87
March 09, 2022
…“Our ocean data-as-a-service model will leverage our browser-based, cloud infrastructure to make accessible valuable and mission-critical data in a secure manner to internal stakeholders, as well as interested third parties,” Martzial said. “Our ODaaS platform will be able to provide on-demand ocean data access to enterprise business units, departments or customers, regardless of geography.” Terradepth AO supports decision making Terradepth said Absolute Ocean expedites mapping and data-management activities such as: Data management: Users can upload and share data broadly with the community, or they can limit access through private storage and control of permissions. Collaboration: Customers can efficiently share data,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.87
September 28, 2021
…to run routine safety inspections on equipment and critical infrastructure across operations and receive sensor data “With the current growth and expansion of robots in the workplace, Ava's work with Johnson Controls serves as another example of applying intelligent, mobile technology to drive better business outcomes and satisfaction,” said Marcio Macedo, co-founder and vice president of products at Ava Robotics. “There is growing need for facility-focused robots outside of warehouse robots, and building and operational security is a smart place to focus on.” “This maps to our strategy to uncover unmet needs in the workplace, especially those that can be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.86
August 17, 2022
Construction, utility, and infrastructure work at height can be difficult and dangerous and hence a good use case for robotics. This week, euroTECH Vertriebs GmbH announced that it has applied its vacuum technology expertise to facade construction. The Rosenfeld, Germany-based distributor claimed that its new eT-Litocran700 is the fastest device of its kind. “What do a giraffe gazelle (lat. Litocranius) and an installation attachment for telescopic handlers have in common? The answer to this becomes apparent when observing the ease with which the giraffe gazelle stands and its ultimate precision in gathering the best-tasting leaves from trees,” said euroTECH. “The…
