Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.55
January 18, 2023
…without sending itself off of the platform, said the Hyundai Motor Group unit. Atlas' new moves also required careful management of wiring, noted Tom Stevens, electrical engineering technician at Boston Dynamics. It also uses similar hydraulics to a Formula 1 car. “Everything that Atlas does in the real world, we run in simulation first,” Marion said. Boston Dynamics has tried to limit physical damage to its robots even as it continued pushing their capabilities, he added. 'Sick trick' and commercialization For Atlas' finishing move, an inverted 540-degree, multi-axis flip, the team added asymmetry to the robot’s movement, making it a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.54
June 07, 2023
…gauge reading easier with its automated inspection workflows. The Hyundai-owned company has also updated its Scout software to allow users to quickly plan and edit missions remotely and get better visibility into their worksites. In addition, Boston Dynamics updated Spot's gaits so can can more safely traverse slippery surfaces. It has added lights, a buzzer, and a speaker to help the quadruped robot signal its intentions. “We’ve also added a feature called moving object detection, which can be turned on anytime a Spot EAP 2 payload is attached,” said Boston Dynamics. “Using this payload’s lidar, the robot can detect moving…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.47
January 11, 2022
…company formed the Motional autonomous driving joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group. Wind River offers edge-to-cloud software Alameda, Calif.-based Wind River claimed that its software is used in more than 2 billion edge devices across more than 1,700 customers globally. The company said its portfolio enables the secure development, deployment, operations and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems. It reportedly generated approximately $400 million in revenues in 2021. Wind River Studio is a platform that enables full product lifecycle management for edge-to-cloud use cases, it added. Wind River said it has served the aerospace, automotive, defense, manufacturing, medical, and telecommunications industries…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.35
August 21, 2018
…activity, home to established plants from Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Hyundai and a new Mazda Toyota plant that will need 4,000 employees when it is operating at full speed. In the northeastern part of the state, there’s distribution, with large Walmart, Target and Children’s Place distribution centers. All of these facilities will need trained maintenance technicians. “The No. 1 issue before people locate here is: Where are my employees going to come from,” says Kracke. It’s not just a concern for today. “Our auto manufacturers view this as a 50-year lifecycle and they want to know they’re going to have employees…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.04
May 10, 2022
…to drive innovation for 5G and edge AI. They include ADLINK, Akasha Imaging (an Alphabet company), Cyngn, ForwardX, FutureMind, Hyundai Robotics, inVia Robotics, LG Electronics, Microsoft Azure private MEC, ModalAI, Naver Labs, Pudu Robotics, Samsung Electronics, Teledyne Flir, and Thundercomm. “We've had great validation from industry leaders in the ecosystem,” said Singh. Qualcomm is also continuing its work with TDK, which has added its sensor technologies to Qualcomm's latest robotics offerings. The Qualcomm RB5 AMR Reference Design is now available for pre-sale thorugh ModalAI, and the Qualcomm Robotics RB6 development kit is available through Thundercomm.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.04
October 12, 2023
…of companies including Google, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, Hyundai, NASA, Sierra Space, and Blue Origin. It also works with partners including Formant, “There are few others in the industry of robotics with the capability of PickNik, especially capabilities as expansive as their abilities with dexterous manipulator control,” stated a robotics engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center. Investors see potential in solving complex problems Stellar Ventures and Cypress Growth Capital led PickNik Robotics' pre-seed round. The investment joins the company's existing $5 million in non-dilutive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding contracts with NASA's Johnson Space Center and Ames Research…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.38
July 21, 2023
…manufacturing. The company named Bosch, TVS Motors, CEAT, and Hyundai as some of its key customers across India and the U.S. Investors support Indian innovation Ati Motors previously raised $3.5 million in Pre-series A funding in 2021. The company has also received seed funding from Village Global, an early-stage fund based in the Bay Area and backed by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos, among others. Ati was undaunted by recent economic challenges as it sought investment, said Chandra. “A lot of startups with unproven business models have gone out of the consideration set of investors,” he said. “I…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.41
March 22, 2022
…Orin from the robotics ecosystem, including Amazon Web Services, Hyundai Robotics, JD.com, Komatsu, and Meituan. “We are extending the powerful Microsoft Azure platform to the intelligent edge,” said Roanne Sones, corporate vice president for Microsoft Azure Edge + Platforms. “Combining Azure’s advanced capabilities with performance and software development tools such as NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin helps give developers a seamless experience to easily build, deploy, and operate production-ready AI applications.” Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer at John Deere, noted: “With the global population expected to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050, farmers have a steep challenge of feeding the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.26
February 15, 2021
…Suh, VP and founding director of New Horizons Studio, Hyundai Motor Company, thinks cars should have not only wheels but also legs—that is, if it’s intended for search and rescue. The studio he runs launched in September 2020 with the goal “to create the world’s first transformer-class vehicle, also known as the Ultimate Mobility Vehicle,” he says. He recently presented his concept car at Autodesk University (AU) Virtual 2020, an online version of the annual Autodesk user conference. The futuristic off-road vehicle he and his team came up with is called Elevate. “It can overcome obstacles, cross gaps and go…
