Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 20.92
November 28, 2022
…How robots can add resilience to distribution and fulfillment Robots as a tool for workforce recruitment and retention Integration, interoperability, and monitoring your return on investment Innovative applications, such as multifunction robots for inspection
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.87
November 14, 2022
…to adopt mobile robots, as more companies use AMRs, interoperability is increasing in importance. Businesses will need systems from multiple vendors to work well together, from large AMRs moving pallets to picking and fulfillment systems, as well as GTP robots. This trend toward heterogenous environments is giving rise to software that can manage mobile robot fleets from a mix of vendors. “At the core of our software is the ability to work with different resources or ‘agents’ that are available, and that includes people,” said Samay Kohli, CEO at GreyOrange, an AMR provider whose GreyMatter software conducts “multi-agent orchestration.” “We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.11
November 04, 2022
…soon coexist in the same spaces. Are you following interoperability standards efforts? Molina: Functional safety is very important, so we're involved in every committee for functional safety. We want robots to be seen as companions or tools. We clean many different types of locations, like airports and retail stores. The need for interoperability is higher in manufacturing and warehouses. We don't run into other robots in a lot of our other verticals. It's still early, and there is no conclusive standards effort yet. Different groups have different requirements—for example, German automotive or in a very busy hospital. We have yet…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.47
November 03, 2022
…stock exchanges, and national health services. How important is interoperability to you? Kohli: We do heterogeneous fleets. We are hardware-agnostic. Our software supports it, but it takes time to get optimization right. One of our oldest sites in Chile has four robots and was built over four years. There are 350 AMRs, three robotic arms placing pallets, and close to 100 intralogistics systems running in manned zones. It also has one to two miles of conveyors, and 30 elevators in four stories. The elevators are completely automated, and the facility runs GreyMatter at the core. The system runs online order…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.01
October 21, 2022
…autonomous mobile robot, or AMR, vendors to work on interoperability at the Association for Advancing Automation’s first AMR Conference in Louisville, Ky. He said that either suppliers cooperate to get their robots “to play well together,” or major users such as FedEx would look elsewhere. Interoperability was once again a key topic of discussion at this year’s AMR and Logistics Week in Boston. In a session on “Standardization Efforts for Mobile Robot Interoperability,” panelists outlined the progress they have made on the MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard, which was first published in May 2021. Panelists included Tom Ryden, executive director of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.40
October 20, 2022
…“As mobile robot deployment in the real world accelerates, interoperability is becoming increasingly critical,” said Ryan Gariepy, CTO at OTTO Motors. “Bridging VDA5050 with ROS2 as an open-source community will promote innovation in fleet management solutions while allowing robot makers to focus on differentiation.” NVIDIA Isaac ROS Performance Isaac ROS continues to deliver hardware accelerated performance for the ROS 2 developer community for AI perception, image processing, and navigation. Autonomous robots require advanced AI and computer vision capabilities. NVIDIA Isaac ROS represents our commitment to make it easier for the robotics community to adopt these cutting-edge technologies. “NVIDIA continues to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.83
October 11, 2022
Arendai Inc. today announced that its Harmony 1.0 Interoperability software system for autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, takes advantage of several Intel products. Harmony 1.0 allows customers to manage multiple AMRs from several vendors under one system. It is designed to be used by logistics and warehouse operators and is compatible with VDA 5050 and other interoperability standards. In addition to providing interoperability capabilities, the software also allows customers to make digital twins and takes advantage of edge computing to expand the AMRs’ capabilities, according to Arendai. Arendai Using Intel Insights and Intel Smart Edge The San Diego, Calif.-based company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.79
October 10, 2022
…developers participate in InOrbit Connect through one of our interoperability options, they can focus on delivering their unique value. End users can then pick the best robots for their operations.” Source: InOrbit Developer Edition builds on existing offerings InOrbit said its platform enables efficient autonomous mobile robot (AMR) operations. It provides observability through secure, real-time analytics and data collection, robot performance monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis. The newly launched InOrbit Developer Edition builds on the existing InOrbit Developer Portal, the Free Edition, and InOrbit Connect. The company said it empowers developers to cost-effectively build tailored systems for their unique…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.09
October 04, 2022
…Consultants; Dexterity; 3M; Kuka) Standardization Efforts for Mobile Robot Interoperability (MassRobotics, Vecna Robotics, Locus Robotics, InOrbit) Other sessions include: The Best of Both Worlds: The Future of AGVs and AMRs (David Northup, OTTO Motors) Smart Automation: How to Prevent a Single Point of Failure in Managing AMR Fleets (Andreas Boedenauer, Agilox) Mobile Cobots Unlock Greater Flexibility and Agility (Tim DeRosett, Brooks Automation) Assumption in AMR Behaviors: How Human Expectations Have Impacted How Robots Plan (Russell Toris, Zebra Technologies) Using Warehouse Robotics Business Intelligence to Optimize Productivity (Jason Walker, Locus Robotics) Wireless charging: Safe and Robust Power Supply for Large AMR…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.31
September 21, 2022
…your software works with multiple robots. Is GreyOrange following interoperability standards efforts? Kohli: We believe the future is in coexistence. We see what a lot of industry bodies are doing and the multi-robot standards efforts. We're actually moving towards the multi-agent approach. It's important to view what humans, elevators, and conveyors do. We also have visibility into Wi-Fi routers and RFID. We recently launched the gStore app under GreyMatter, which gives you real-time inventory visibility in a retail store. How does GreyMatter handle software integration? Kohli: Usually, we're integrated with two or three upstream systems like WMS [warehouse management systems],…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.34
August 29, 2022
…how is work coming on the MassRobotics standard for interoperability among AMRs from multiple vendors? (Theobald is co-founder of MassRobotics.) Theobald: Thanks so much for asking. MassRobotics is such a vital part of the greater robotics ecosystem. So, hold on, let me change my hat…. MassRobotics released the AMR Interoperability Standard 1.0 in May 2021. It's hard to believe it's been over a year. So far, the feedback has been incredible, and the future of interoperability is one step closer, thanks to these guidelines. We are actively working on the next version, which includes more sharing of mission data, resource…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.03
July 18, 2022
…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 a robot, calibrate sensors,…
