Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.86
September 07, 2022
…Nimbus, said Cogniteam. Users also have better support for ROS 2 components and can upgrade them remotely, from anywhere in the world, it added. Jetson AGX Orin to provide power for AI decision making With Nimbus, robotics developers can now quickly and easily get a robot with Jetson Orin up and running, Cogniteam said. This is particularly useful for inspection, maintenance, sanitization, service, and various data-intensive scenarios that require a high degree of autonomy, it said. As more robots gain cloud connectivity, AGX Orin’s greater computing power will meet the market’s demand for outfitting robots with greater autonomous capabilities, including…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.09
September 06, 2022
…speed up development. Source: Lanner Electronics NVIDIA provides Isaac ROS GEMs The new system uses Lanner's EAI-I130 NVIDIA Jetson-based edge AI computing appliance and MOV.AI's Robotics Engine Platform, which incorporates NVIDIA Isaac ROS GEMs. The Robot Operating System (ROS)-based GEMs are hardware-accelerated packages for perception, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) navigation, image processing, and more. Optimized for AI functionality, performance, and ease of deployment, Lanner said its Edge AI appliances are NVIDIA NGC-ready, compatible with NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs). Developers can drag and drop the NVIDIA Isaac ROS GEMs directly in the MOV.AI development tools to quickly build high-performance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.48
August 18, 2022
…to identify objects close to the vehicle. Built using ROS 2 The system’s software was built using Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) and was designed to be configurable for additional vehicle platforms, the company added. “As robotic vehicles are increasingly utilized across applications where it may be inconvenient, dangerous or impossible to have a human operator present, we are excited for the opportunity to bring our successful past performance to the RCV-L program and continue supporting the government in its objective to move toward autonomous systems,” said Mark Gordon, Stratom’s president and CEO. “Additionally, we look forward to capitalizing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.68
August 16, 2022
…the development of the open-source MoveIt project, a widely used robotic motion planning framework within the Robot Operating System (ROS). MoveIt is used heavily by companies and academics to enable robotic arms to interact and manipulate objects, the company said. It is now used worldwide in thousands of robots, including projects by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Fetch, Kinova, and Franka Emika. The MoveIt Studio 1.0 Developer Platform and SDK are software products that extend MoveIt to give robot technicians access to the advanced algorithmic capabilities with an accessible user interface, the company said.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.86
August 01, 2022
…said Nimbus has improved integration and widespread adoption of ROS and NVIDIA Jetson software packages. Developers pick from a catalog of algorithms, AI, process control, spatial recognition, and more. The robot can then be tested in a simulated environment to understand how the robot will handle various scenarios before it ever leaves the production floor. “We are honored to have AAEON offer parts that are Nimbus enabled, allowing rapid uptime by syncing with a virtual environment,” said Dr. Yehuda Elmaliah, co-founder and CEO of Cogniteam. “In a few clicks, developers benefit from a system that’s already familiar with AAEON’s hardware…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.62
July 20, 2022
…is based on Linux and the Robot Operating System (ROS) and is trademarked by The Autoware Foundation, which has more than 60 partners and 2,500 engineers. Founded in 2015, TIER IV said it is committed to “democratizing” autonomous driving “so that anyone can contribute to the advancement of the technology.” The Nagoya, Japan-based company claimed that more than 30 vehicles in over 20 countries, as well as more than 500 companies, are involved in the software development. TIER IV combines self-driving functions TIER IV noted that its approach to autonomous driving combines the functions of sensing, localization, perception, planning, control,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.96
July 18, 2022
…platform that's hardware-agnostic. We're able to get instant scale. ROS, the cloud, and interoperability How does Brain Corp view open-source software such as the Robot Operating System (ROS)? Pinn: Open-source has its place. We aren’t religious about open-source versus proprietary software, but we have commercial-grade enterprise solutions, which are different from ROS. We're laser-focused on every engineering design decision—is this right for fleets of tens of thousands of robots? BrainOS has unique properties making it robust enough for enterprise scale. What Brain Corp provides to partners is more than a software package. We offer manufacturing tools for how to make…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.11
July 13, 2022
…management using AI and fleet management systems. Lidar and ROS guide Resgreen's AMRs Lidar, which stands for “light detection and ranging,” uses laser beams to calculate how long it takes for pulsed light to hit an object and reflect it back. These measurements help create a 3D map of the vehicle’s surroundings to help guide the vehicle safely. “Because it is so accurate, lidar is used by many of the autonomous vehicles that are on our roadways today,” said Sarah Carlson, vice president of marketing communications at Resgreen Group. “This has made lidar systems much more affordable for AMRs.” “With…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.12
June 22, 2022
…nearly every industry. In addition to robots for safer and more efficient fulfillment centers, Amazon at re:MARS discussed Space ROS, a version of the open-source Robot Operating System to accelerate space exploration (see video below).
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.15
June 17, 2022
…hardware acceleration framework for the Robot Operating System, or ROS. Acceleration Robotics said it focuses on designing customized brains for robots to hasten their response times. Delivering semiconductor building blocks for robots, the Vitoria-Gastiez, Spain-based company said it creates custom compute architectures for high-performance robots through hardware acceleration while remaining robot and accelerator-agnostic. Acceleration Robotics supports popular field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and graphics processing units (GPUs). ROBOTCORE extends ROS and works with vendor-proprietary libraries, empowering hardware acceleration in robotics across silicon vendors, the company said. Framework enables developers to create APIs ROBOTCORE allows robotic engineers to create ROS and ROS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.29
June 17, 2022
…today's release.” “No. 3, build using Jetson Orin, Isaac ROS, SDKs [software development kits], and conversational AI, and No. 4, deploy and manage using our suites for fleets of robots in warehouses and other industrial settings,” Andrews said. “It's really about safer simulation for hazardous environments, faster training in parallel and with GPU-accelerated GEMs, and lower cost than testing in the real world.” Why don't more roboticists use simulation? “Often, it doesn't model the behavior of a robot closely enough,” replied Andrews. “Once the reality gap is too large, developers would rather go to the lab, even if that's slower,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.04
June 16, 2022
…open-source software. The robot uses the Robot Operating System (ROS) and can use lidar for long-distance travel and magnetic tape for precise locations, said RGGI. In addition to mobile robots, RGGI provides consulting services including back-end operational oversight, material handling assessment, workflow analysis, and steady-state yield management. It uses artificial intelligence and offers management systems. The company said its engineers have years of experience in the materials handling and robotics industries. As global supply challenges persist, RGGI said it will continue to develop and implement innovative and cost-effective systems. The global market for AGVs could expand from 138,740 units in…
