Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.77
August 01, 2022
…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 specifications and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.28
June 17, 2022
…tools that facilitate the training of machine learning systems. NVIDIA Corp. today announced the availability of the 2022.1 release of NVIDIA Isaac Sim. “With Isaac Sim, developers can generate production-quality datasets to train AI perception models,” wrote Gerard Andrews, senior product marketing manager for robotics at NVIDIA, in a blog post. “Developers will also be able to simulate robotic navigation and manipulation, as well as build a test environment to validate robotics applications continually.” NVIDIA works to close 'reality gap' With its NVIDIA Omniverse applications, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has focused on ever more realistic simulation and digital twins…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.22
May 24, 2022
…designed to take advantage of the latest compute hardware. NVIDIA Corp. and Open Robotics today announced two features in the Humble ROS 2 release intended to improve performance on platforms that offer hardware accelerators. “The Robot Operating System evolved in a CPU-only world, but newer SoC architectures with onboard hardware accelerators required us to make changes to maximize efficiencies,” said Gerard Andrews, senior product marketing manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We identified two things for this release—type adaptation and type negotiation.” The features are intended to help robotics developers incorporate machine learning and computer vision into ROS-based applications and will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.09
May 20, 2022
…can deliver nearly a 5X productivity gain over competing NVIDIA gaphics processing unit (GPU)-based systems, such as Jetson AGX Xavier Developer Kit and Jetson Nano Developer Kit using Isaac ROS SDK 4.6.1. AMD said it used the KV260 Starter Kit based on Kria K26 SOM, using Vitis Unified SW Platform 2021.2 and Kria Robotics Stack. Development time accounted for tool-chain setup with ROS 2, cross-compilation of host code, and creation of accelerators implementing two functions: doublevadd_publisher and accelerated_doublevadd_publisher. “The Kria SOM portfolio accelerates the design cycle for developers by starting at a more evolved point compared to chip-down design,” said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 45.72
April 06, 2022
…artificial intelligence solutions company, today announced it has joined NVIDIA’s Metropolis partner program. The program is designed to nurture and bring to market a new generation of applications and advancements for AI vision, according to Seoul Robotics. Seoul Robotics already uses NVIDA’s technology The Seoul, South Korea-based company relies on the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform to enable edge computing for SENSR’s deep learning algorithms. “Our perception system is built from the ground up to utilize NVIDIA GPU technologies,” said Jerone Floor, vice president of product at Seoul Robotics. “As we expose more customers to this technology, the demand for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 47.23
March 22, 2022
…At its Spring 2022 GPU Technology Conference, or GTC, NVIDIA Corp. today announced the availability of its Jetson AGX Orin developer kit and its Isaac Nova Orin architecture for autonomous mobile robots. “Modern fulfillment centers are evolving into technical marvels — facilities operated by humans and robots working together,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. He said new processors, software, and simulation capabilities will lead to “the next wave of AI,” including robots able to “sense, plan, and act.” NVIDIA claimed its invention of the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999 “sparked the growth of the PC gaming…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.84
January 13, 2022
…emergency braking, vehicle collision avoidance, and fail-safe mechanical braking. NVIDIA, Ouster help power autonomous deliveries Serve Robotics credited key technology partners including NVIDIA Corp. and Ouster Inc. The NVIDIA Jetson platform, designed for robots and other autonomous machines, powers the AI computing necessary for Serve's robots to understand their complex environment in real time. “Serve Robotics’ accomplishment represents a breakthrough for commercial deployment of AV technology for sidewalk delivery,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management for autonomous machines and general manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We look forward to Serve continuing to leverage the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 67.69
January 11, 2022
…cloud-based robotics development and deployment platform now supports the NVIDIA Jetson edge platform. The Petach Tikva, Israel-based company said Nimbus allows cloud-enabled deployments to use NVIDIA's edge artificial intelligence technology for the first time. Cogniteam said it has been working with top companies on robotic mapping, navigation, and autonomous decision making. The company said Nimbus’ packaging of field-tested software, such as sensors and AI capabilities, is based on over a decade of its work with enterprise businesses. More customers are moving to NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated technologies that can be developed and deployed through the cloud, said Cogniteam. Cogniteam designs Nimbus for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.44
January 03, 2022
…machines, as well as general manager for robotics at NVIDIA Corp., has some ideas. Gopalakrishna leads the business development team that focuses on robots, drones, the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and enterprise collaboration products. He holds a bachelor of engineering from the National Institute of Engineering in India. Before joining NVIDIA in 2016, Gopalakrishna was the global head of platform and technology strategy, leading the chief technology officer's office at Sony Mobile Communications. He was responsible for products ranging from phones, tablets, and wearables to IoT platforms. Gopalakrishna shared his thoughts with Robotics 24/7 about Santa Clara, Calif.-based NVIDIA's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 62.50
November 12, 2021
…its fall GPU Technology Conference, or GTC, this week, NVIDIA Corp. announced several new technologies intended to help robotics developers, including enhancements to the Omniverse simulation environment, the Jetson AGX Orin computer, integration with the Robot Operating System, and the NVIDIA DRIVE platform for autonomous vehicle development. For instance, Jetson AGX Orin features high-speed interfaces, faster memory bandwidth, and multimodal sensor support. This enables it to feed multiple concurrent artificial intelligence application pipelines, said NVIDIA. “As robotics and embedded computing transform manufacturing, healthcare, retail, transportation, smart cities, and other essential sectors of the economy, the demand for processing continues to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.50
October 21, 2021
…for autonomous robots. In conjunction with ROS World 2021, NVIDIA Corp. announced its latest efforts to deliver performant perception technologies to the Robot Operating System developer community. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said these initiatives will accelerate product development, improve performance, and simplify the task of incorporating computer vision and artificial intelligence functionality into ROS-based applications. NVIDIA claimed that it will provide the highest-performing, real-time stereo odometry system as a ROS package. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company also noted that all NVIDIA inference deep neural networks (DNNs) will be available on NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC) as a ROS package with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.34
September 22, 2021
NVIDIA Corp. today announced that it is working with Open Robotics to improve ROS 2 performance on its Jetson platform for artificial intelligence at the edge and its GPU-based systems. The company said this initiative will enable robotics developers to more easily and quickly incorporate computer vision and machine learning functionality into systems based on the Robot Operating System (ROS). “We've been working closely with Open Robotics to bring a host of NVIDIA AI technologies to the ROS community,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management, autonomous machines, and general manager for robotics at NVIDIA. “We want to make it…
